On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:55:59 -0400 Gary Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>As I mentioned in the past, a friend is losing his job (and looking for the :>next one) because the company he works for is sending all systems :>programmer, operations and scheduling, as well as a lot of other :>non-mainframe, positions, to a firm in India. :>Well, this past week he had to sit down and explain what he does and so :>forth to the "Sr." Systems Programmer sent in by the outsourcing firm. :>Remember, one only gets ONE chance to make a first impression and this was :>the outsourcing firm's one chance. According to my friend, it did not look :>good. :>Other than the fact that this "Sr." Systems Programmer has never installed :>ANY base OS, he claimed, or so it's thought, that he installed z/OS 1.10, :>then, it's thought, he retracted that statement and replaced it with he :>worked on 1.10. :>Other scary thoughts..., he does not know ANY CA products, does not know who :>ASG, BMC, EMC are. Never worked with WLM, SMF, SAS, MXG, et. al... When :>the terms, USI, U29, UJV, U83/84/85 and TRT were mentioned the response was :>a blank stare. Does not know what a VVDS, VVR, NVR is. Never used IPCS, :>ISMF, HCD, and IOCDS related "stuff". Claimed he "knows" OSA but wanted to :>be shown how to configure it, etc... He even claimed he really knew TSO! :>Not the ISPF interface, which most people think is TSO, but TSO native from :>the command prompt. This boast was made because he knew how to drop back :>from ISPF and delete a dataset. In fact, other than "SMP/E", there was :>never a hint of recognition or understanding in the eyes of this "Sr." :>Systems Programmer. :>However, my friend went along since that is what was required of him. :>Yesterday this "Sr." Systems Programmer was rooting around the system just :>looking here and there and, as happens often enough, his ISPF Profile :>dataset went into extents and filled up. What really ticked my friend off :>was this "Sr." Systems Programmer sent an email to DASD administrator asking :>her how he, this "Sr." Systems Programmer, could increase the size of the :>profile dataset. He couldn't continue his duties because the dataset filled :>up... :>Sorry for the rant, but my friend had to get it off his chest, and I, :>passing it along, mine. There are plenty other examples but my friend just :>sighed and left at this. Sounds like he has a chance for serious contracting money to stay around during and after the transition. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
