Blah, blah -- we hear constantly about the oncoming (or current!) brain
drain of a mainframer generation retiring. We certainly hear on these
lists about individuals retiring (and congratulations for that!).
So, is it a crisis or is it about as well predicted and handled as Y2K
(that is, anticipated/understood well in advance and dealt with)?
What are installations doing about it besides denying it, panicking,
threatening/pretending to abandon the mainframe?
What are YOU doing about it -- not preparing for retirement, I mean, but
training successors?
How is knowledge transferred? Mentoring (formal, informal?) Are new
employees given the same sort of education/training opportunities
available years ago or is it ... self-study, OJT, watch/learn/hope/do/train?
What's in fashion now for career planning as people join the mainframe
community?
Are there differences across mainframe environments (z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE,
Linux for System z, TPF)? Variations within those (CICS, IMS, DB2)? Are
some environments dwindling because of skills shortages? Etc.
Reply/copy directly to me please so comments aren't buried in list digests.
Thanks...
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Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected]
3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 204-0433
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0
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