On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 15:55 +0000, corneel booysen wrote: > This poll has served to confirm my concern about the aging workforce > and the effect of that on the future of the mainframe. > ... > Are we creating an environment that promotes and nurtures new talent? > Over the years I have seen the mainframe world make at least three > mistakes: > ... > Firstly we don’t create development environments that promote > innovation. > ... > Secondly we do not learn and implement the new technology that IBM > makes available. > ... > Thirdly – on a much more personal level – do we invite young people > into our world?
Must say I'm surprised this hasn't elicited even one response. For as long as I've been in the business, it has not embraced new talent - getting a start was always hard. People prefer to pay for knowledge rather than train their own - no risk of (training) investment walking out the door I guess. Most of the work I see nowadays is to migrate shops off the platform, or company consolidations. Tech staff walk because they can see no prospect, or they don't have a job because of a merger. Hardly encouraging for the future. I couldn't (and don't) recommend this as a long time prospect for people looking to start a career. Despite the fact I have enjoyed my time. This particular pond is drying up. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
