>More specifically, those interested in system programming picked operations >>as a starting point because it got them close to the computers
Where I started it was more common to come from applications >However, I don't recall that training was much more available then >than now I had the opposite experience. As a rookie I went to classes all the time. Ah, the good old days ;-) Bob Shannon Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
