I never thought about his retirement like that, but it does describe him. He, like me, loves what he does and would hate to do anything else.
As for being secure, perhaps. I do know he wants to move on so he can "settle down", whatever that means. If they were to call back, I do know he would take their call. Beyond that... On Tue Feb 12 10:39 , 'Chase, John' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gary Green >> >> Companies may be looking for System Programmer Gods..., but >> they only seem willing to pay for newbies. >> >> An associate has been looking to move on for some time now. >> If, IF, he gets to speak with someone at the hiring company >> (3 out of 14) they either reject him out of hand because, he >> believes, they can determine his age or probable starting >> salary, or they think they can get someone younger at a more >> reasonable salary. He is NOT asking for the world, just a >> good place he can spend the next 20 years or so. (he says he >> has no intention of retiring). > >As in, "I'll think about retiring when I'm dead."? > >> He makes these assumptions because each resume submitted is >> targeted to the hiring requirements so that alone should >> garner at least an exploratory telephone call from the HR department. >> >> One interview back in September called for a very senior >> systems programmer with some IMS knowledge, which he does not >> have, but they did agree to interview him. During the >> interview, he reiterated his lack of deep IMS knowledge (only >> installed it once a few years ago), but said he could be >> walking within a couple of weeks and running within a month. >> They never even returned his follow-up telephone calls. The >> company is STILL looking... At least that is what he told me >> over the weekend. > >Sounds like they don't know what they want. Yet that same company would >probably hire a freshly-minted MBA as a consultant at $300/hr without >batting an eyelash. > >Hopefully your colleague is sufficiently secure that, should they ever >call back saying "come on down", he could (and would) reply, "You had >your chance." > > -jc- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
