On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:37:16 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >When I started, it was routine to bring in operators and train them. >... When I started, that was *the* way people got into system programming. More specifically, those interested in system programing picked operations as a starting point because it got them close to the computers. However, I don't recall that training was much more available then than now. Mentoring, yes. And PLMs, fiche, etc. for self training. I'm sure that varied from shop to shop, but I at that shop 8 years before sent to SHARE, and 2 or 3 more years before being sent to an actual class. Three classes in 14 years, as I rercall. On the other hand, my next shop I was sent to 2 classes in less than 2 years. In the last 18 years I've been sent to no classes, but lots of SHAREs. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
