On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:44:26 -0600, 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.
Indeed. In this part of the world the whole business has gone to hell in a hand-basket. It seems the prophesy (for us) become self-defeating; no-one who has a sysprog job is game to make noises about moving. Nowhere else to go, so sit tight till they are prised out. Hopefully with a package to ease the angst. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
