On Mon, 5 May 2008 12:59:53 -0700 (PDT), len <lsumnler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I originally got my start into programming back in '74 at Corp.
>Allstate as an IBM 360 assembler programmer. Went to Corp Motorola
>after a couple of years where started programming in cobol and after a
>couple of years moved on to other companies coding cobol and was the
>manager of an IMS/DBDC department. I still code cobol on an old Wang
>Operating System running in a VM environment but since about 92 have
>coded in Topspeed, Python, Ruby some VB ,Access. Still coding cobol
>but have lost skills in jcl etc.
>
>Any advice on looking for jobs to get back in the mainframe
>environment.
Search for keyword MVS. If they are still clinging to an operating system
name that was
obsolete eight years ago, you know their clock stopped at least a decade
ago.
Re-learn CICS and DB2.
Do not mention Python or Ruby on your resume nor in conversation.
Mainframers think that's
the enemy.
In Chicagoland, Discover is always looking. Of course, there's a reason
why.
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