"Roger Bowler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > In bit.listserv.ibm-main Dan Stewart wrote: > >I worked with computers in a past life. For 12 years as a software > >engineer and system manager on VAX/VMS systems. I also programmed on > >PCs running OS/2. I moved from Dallas to the DC area in '94 and took a > >break from it all. I worked 10 yrs with an airline doing reservations > >and sales so I could travel. Did a little Mac consulting during that. > >For the last 3 yrs I've been home caring for a geriatric dog, which we > >recently lost, and selling some on eBay, Amazon and Half.com. > >Now I have done some re-accessing and know I want to get back into the > >computer field. I know my programming skills are rusty and the field > >has changed a lot. I keep reading about the shortage of mainframe > >skills that organizations are going to be facing and feel this would be > >an interesting way to get back to my earlier love - systems support. > >It seems that training is focused on college students or people already > >in organizations wanting to expand their knowledge (with the company > >footing the bill). I'm not sure how to proceed to get into this field > >and would love any serious suggestions. > > Here are some starting points for someone seeking self-training with no budget: > > http://www.bsp-gmbh.com/turnkey/herc_mvs.html > http://www.jaymoseley.com/hercules/ > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246981.html > > Regards, > Roger Bowler >
To name a few others from the series: Introduction to the new mainframe: http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/Redbooks?SearchView&Query=i ntroduction%20to%20the%20new%20&SearchMax=4999 Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
