You aren't looking too closely, then. The numbers may be small, but there are MF assembler programmers younger than I am (just turned 44).
In fact, my company just hired at least one graduate from Northern Illinois' program. Later, Ray -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. --ilvi > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Shein > Sent: Wednesday 28 June 2006 08:08 > 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
