Dana:
About 15 years ago I was in a IBM class (all sysprogs). The
instructor came out and said it is IBM's hope to get rid of system
programmers. That tells you a lot from IBM's POV. I have distrusted
IBM ever since.
Ed
On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Dana Mitchell wrote:
I've been reading the same theory as it applied to us Systems
Programmers the last few years. Mass retirement making the
remaining sysprogs highly sought after and compensated. Well,
I've personally seen lots of retirements, but due to the
combination of outsourcing, business acquisitions, do-more-with-
less etc, I haven't seen demand locally rising sharply yet.
Dana
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:01:31 -0600, John McKown
<[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.itworld.com/career/341879/cobol-will-outlive-us-all
<quote>
...
The reason that I�m telling you about COBOL is that I predict
that over the
next few years, new COBOL programmers are going to be in high
demand and
very possibly paid a premium for their efforts. Generally
speaking, the
COBOL programming skill set resides in baby boomers that have been
programming in COBOL their entire career. The issue is that these
baby
boomers have begun retiring in enormous numbers. Additionally, new
college
recruits have neither the skill set nor the interest in replacing
them. The
problem for companies employing these COBOL programmers is that if
the
software stops, so does the company.
</quote>
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John McKown
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