And to some degree, be able to walk on water. <G, D & R> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:15:55 -0500, Burrell, C. Todd (CDC/OCOO/ITSO) (CTR) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I would say somewhere between 5 and 10 years experience depending on >what and where the experience occurred. I worked in a sweatshop for my >first 8 years, and probably got 20 good years of experience there. But >some people spend their first 5-10 years only installing a couple of OEM >products, so I would not call them senior. > >It all depends on the level of experience, but I would say that a senior >systems programmer should be able to do the following (and have 5-10 >years work experience): > >1) Install ANY OEM product with no help. >2) Install z/OS or another Serverpac with no help. >3) Debug a dump with no help. >4) Do at least some minimal assembler coding >5) Understand and be able to do most SMP/E work (like investigating >sysmods and coding usermods). > >This is just my opinion. > >Thanks > >C. Todd Burrell >Lead z/OS Systems Programmer >ITSO >(404) 723-2017 (Cell) > > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Yukus, Mary J CIV USMEPCOM >Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:30 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: z/OS system programmer staffing > >What would all of you consider a senior level systems programmer (how >many years of experience) ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
