This is kind of a curiosity question and kind of serious. There is a chance that I might be offered a job where the data center is about 20 hours away by car (according to Google maps). Needless to say, there is no going in overnight to fix a problem. So I'm wondering if others here support a z/OS system where getting to the data center would be a long commute (unless you have your own plane, like some I know). How does that work out? In this shop, we haven't had any "operators" for about 5 years, maybe more. We systems people do all the hardware interfacing, tape management, IPL'ing, and "CE baby sitting" (being on-site while they work). This is really removed me from the historic paradigm. I somewhat like the thought of working from the house. But I also worry about being somewhat excluded from the unofficial information channels (i.e. company gossip). I also wonder about things like meetings and just being "invisible" and so "out of mind" when decisions are made.
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