Have you looked into the IBM Scholars program? They are working with Universities to generate interest in the mainframe. There does seem to be a good deal of interest from the schools and from the students, they just need to know that we are here and aren't going away. Once students have the opportuinity to play on a mainframe they like it. There are several Colleges and Universities that are offering mainframe courses.
Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Shein Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Curiosity Not from where we sit. We are a vendor and the lack of skills (and interest, which is what you asked about) has grown inexorably for more than a decade now. We see it everywhere, vendors and IT shops alike. It makes our job increasingly difficult. Just to select an obvious example from the many available, no one under age 45 seems to know anything at all about mainframe assembler, and even that's pushing it. The youngest one I know personally is about 48 or 49. David At 09:16 AM 6/28/2006 -0400, you wrote: >Now that the dinosaurs (Zx90s) are roaming the earth again, is there a >resurgence in interest in learning the old ways? > > > > >Daniel McLaughlin >ZOS Systems Programmer >Crawford & Company >PH: 770 621 3256 > "If we wait for the moment when everything is ready, we shall never >begin." >? Ivan Turgenev > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------- This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
