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> On 14 Sep 2023, at 4:23 am, Dean Kent <drke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I didn't want to get into the firefight... however, the commentary here > encouraged me to do so. > > My own belief (whether founded or not) is that if you follow your passion and > become good at it, someone will recognize that and feel it is valuable enough > to pay for it. I also believe that specialists tend to demand a higher rate > than generalists. Assembler is a specialty, and while there may not be a lot > of demand, the ones who do require it will pay. > > I compare it to, for example, I have some classic vehicles with carburetors. > Not too many mechanics work on carburetors any more - but those who do have > a lot of work. Fine craftsmen may not be in huge demand due to the > 'production line' manufacturing of most furniture - but those who do it make > good money and have plenty of work. People who specialize in repairing > antique clocks, pottery, rugs, etc. may not be able to get a job anywhere - > but if they are good at it, they have plenty of business. > > As long as the mainframe runs legacy code, there will be a need for assembler > programmers. That's my opinion, at least. > > On 9/13/2023 8:52 AM, Bob Bridges wrote: >> I've long observed that no matter what your employer hired you for, what you >> turn out to be good at is what they use you for. At one location I was the >> only one who bothered to figure out what was wrong with the big greenbar >> printer when it went haywire; before I left, therefore, I was the one folks >> came to when it misbehaved, and I was the one ordering supplies for it. At >> another place my boss remarked, during an annual review, that "we gotta get >> you on some of these team projects; we keep using you as the lone >> fire-fighter for odd problems, but team projects will look good an your >> resume". I nodded enthusiastically and agreed aloud, but the fact is I >> ~liked~ being the guy in the corner who did the odd jobs, figuring out the >> software that no one else had time for. >> >> I always recommend to young folks that they keep on doing what they're >> interested in doing. Obviously this doesn't mean neglecting assigned tasks >> that sound boring; if I don't do what my boss wants me to do then I'm >> useless to him. But eventually he'll discover that he wants me to do some >> of the things I'm especially good at too. >> >> --- >> Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 >> >> /* The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a >> little way past them into the impossible. -[Arthur C] Clarke's 2nd law. */ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of >> Arthur Fichtl >> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 04:18 >> >> As a now retired freelance z/OS guy based in Munich/Germany I had to find a >> market niche at my employer. Therefore I specialized on debugging, analysis >> of dumps and the like. For those tasks HLASM was inevitable. >> >> My colleagues preferred more comfortable tasks and languages and therefore I >> for myself had a quite secure job. >> >> And I liked it. My 1st language was the Siemens 4004 Assembler with punch >> cards as the user interface. Quite funny. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
