Well said! I've worked with several bunches of "kids" over the last 15 years and, while they often need education about better ways to do things (no, you really DO NOT want to slam that change into production at 2PM on a Friday before you leave town...), once you explain why, they usually get it. And sometimes they have better ideas. Until you're omniscient, don't act like you are (and if you are, why aren't you rich?).
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Blaicher, Christopher Y. < [email protected]> wrote: > I have been a sys prog or ISV developer for over 45 years. I have always > HATED it when someone says "We have always done it this way", or the like. > Tell me why the old way is better or why the new way won't work. > > We all need to open up our minds to new ideas. Most of the people I work > with are half my age, some a third. I always look at what they come up > with with a positive how can we make this work attitude. Some ideas do > work and some don't and some aren't any better than what exists, but they > all deserve the light of day. > > We can still be grumpy old men, just don't stifle anybody's creativeness > and try to be nice to the younger crowd until they get to know you. > > Chris Blaicher > Principal Software Engineer, Software Development > Syncsort Incorporated > 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 > P: 201-930-8260 | M: 512-627-3803 > E: [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ed Gould > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 1:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Scary Sysprogs > > On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Nathan J Pfister wrote: > > ------------------------ > > SNIP___________________________________________ > > That said, maybe I was just fortunate that I found my internship and > > first post-college job within the Federal Government in which it is > > nearly impossible to get fired, thus making change and new > > ideas/people not as much of a threat as in private industry. > > > > > Nathan: > > There are private sector companies that are similar (almost impossible to > get fired). > The cream does not rise to the top as the good people leave faster than > one can get used to. > The bad stifles all creativity and what is left is a garbage dump. > > SO I can only imagine what a government place is like and doubly wanting > to stay away from such places. > > Ed > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
