Good point, and one not often enough mentioned nowadays, I suspect (though I've been away from applications development long enough now that I'm out of touch).
I was a COBOL developer for 15 years and somehow never got near CICS or DB2. I learned SQL later, and never did do any CICS development. Didn't plan it that way, just never ended up on a CICS project. But I think that's unusual; I certainly don't mean it as a contradiction to Kirk's general point, with which I completely agree. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* Another reason why creative individuals prefer to work at home, as opposed to an office, is that when you need to scratch yourself, you don't have to sneak behind the copying machine and settle for a hasty grope. At home, you can rear back and assault the affected region with both hands, or, if you want, gardening implements. -Dave Barry */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 12:29 I apologize if I'm repeating, but let me say that there are more skills to a "COBOL programmer" than learning COBOL. There is JCL, utilities, data set usage, CICS, DB2, etc, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
