You missed nothing with the exodus of the toyota mainframe. A bunch of geriatric IMS systems running probanly 5 transactions an hour..
If you are looking for interesting work with interesting people to do it with I would keep the IBM mainframe firmly in the rear-view mirror. On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Bill Bishop (TMNA) <[email protected]> wrote: > Joel; > > Lexington is going to be very tough. > > The only zOS shops in the area are the State of Kentucky in Frankfort, > Toyota in Georgetown, Ashland Oil and Lexmark, both in Lexington itself. > > I have also heard that there is an old system at University of Kentucky > Medical Center. > > Toyota is supported out of Plano, Texas now. Lexmark is all outsourced to > IBM. > > There are several sites in Louisville. Besides those mentioned already, > there is Kentucky Farm Bureau and Yum Brands that I know of. There may be > more. > > Pickings are slim in Lexington. That is why I took the move from > Georgetown to Plano. I was not ready to retire yet. > > Thanks > > Bill Bishop > Consultant, Mainframe Engineer > Mainframe and Scheduling | Infrastructure Technology Services > Toyota Motor North America > [email protected] > Office: (469) 292-5149 > Cell: (502) 316-4386 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Joel M Ivey > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 10:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Looking for mainframe shops Lexington/Cincinnati > > Thank you to all. Several good leads for me. I appreciate it. I'm > looking hard at the Fort Knox opp, but also hoping to find something there > in the Lexington area. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
