Eric, Enjoy you retirement. Playing blues sounds good o me, it's amazing how many Sysprogs I have known, and ave known a bunch are creative....
Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Jan 28, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Steve Comstock <st...@trainersfriend.com> wrote: > On 1/28/2013 8:36 AM, John McKown wrote: >> I'm jealous. Wish I could retire. Thankfully, I only live 15.4 miles >> from work. Most likely, this will be my last job. When they "let me >> go", I will likely be unemployable due to age and health. My boss says >> that I might be able to get contract work, as needed, as a sysprog. I >> did that for about a year when I was only about 40. I did not like it >> at all. Many problems with actually getting the company to give me any >> money. I had to walk of the job in the middle of a project, owned over >> a month's wages, before they paid me. > > I understand that if you are a contractor to a body shop, > the body shop is often not paid for 45 days (I hear IBM is > one of the culprits here), then the body shop won't pay > it's people for another 45 days. 90 days before the worker > gets paid is not anywhere near fair, but they got you. > > Fortunately (knock on wood), I have _never_ been stiffed. > But I have had to wait as long as 120 days (accounting and > paperwork snafu's on their end, so they say). But lately > companies have been paying reasonably quickly. My favorite > clients even pay in advance(!). > >> >> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Aled Hughes <aledlhug...@aol.com> wrote: >>> All the very best to you and your family Eric! >>> ALH >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Eric Bielefeld <eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com> >>> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> >>> Sent: Mon, Jan 28, 2013 10:26 am >>> Subject: My Last Days as a Sysprog >>> >>> >>> I'm finally calling it quits. I have this week off, and then I work 2 more >>> weeks. Then I will retire. I find it harder to do my job as I get older. >>> Also, living 170 miles from home 5 days a week isn't much fun. >>> >>> One thing I'm looking forward to is playing in 2 different blues jams, one >>> on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. That's something I really miss now. >>> Tomorrow I'm looking forward to playing. Usually you play about 1/2 hour. >>> There's a lot of people I know there also, so it'll be fun catching up. I >>> think the last time I played in the jam was last summer. I play guitar. >>> >>> I'm not sure if I'll stay subscribed to IBM-Main. I suspect a few weeks >>> after I'm done at work, I'll set my account to nomail. I've learned a lot >>> from many of you. It's also really good to be able to get answers and >>> different opinions when yu have questions. >>> >>> Eric Bielefeld >>> Sr. Systems Programmer >>> 414-475-7434 >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock > The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > > 303-355-2752 > http://www.trainersfriend.com > > * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! > + Training your people is an excellent investment > > * Try our tool for calculating your Return On Investment > for training dollars at > http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
