One of the gentlemen I work with is 75 and still going strong. He was a music major - saxaphone and voice - got his masters - taught high school for a decade. Spent 3 decades w/IBM in various positions.
For last 1.5 decades he has been doing Cobol/IMS/BD2 and is a specialist in his application His wife is approaching retirement and he is thinking he might retire. My hero and excellent lunch companion. IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 06/15/2011 05:42:32 AM: > From: Barry Merrill <[email protected]> > In the early 70s, State Farm ramped up its Application Development > to PL/1 and hired a massive number of new programmers (in excess > of 1000, I think), and sent them thru a 9 week course, and those > that learned well were hired. > > The analysis of the chosen found that the key factors were that > they had backgrounds or skills in musical instruments, or were > competent in multiple spoken languages, or were strong in math, > or had engineering skills, especially Electrical Engineering. > > Very few were computer science majors. ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
