I'd guess the risk of training someone new into the Mainframe environment and having them walk off with all the skills acquired are very low these days. You would need a healthy job market for that to happen!!!!
The only way the Mainframe sysprog market will become healthy again, is when the upper percentiles of this poll actually retire, or companies actually start converting back to a mainframe. Whilst the number of actual z/OS lpars stays static (ie not including all the Linux mips), I can’t see the mainframe as a viable option for a new starter. Maybe a poll should be run to see who expects a growth in the number of LPAR's they run? Phil z/OS Systems Programming Consultant Website www.zostek.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane Sent: 11 August 2007 11:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Age Poll Results: 49.47 On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 15:55 +0000, corneel booysen wrote: 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 ... No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.13/946 - Release Date: 10/08/2007 15:50 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
