> -----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-
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