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   |03Quoting message from |11Kurt Weiske |03to |11Jas Hud   
   |03on |1110 May 22  06:38:00|03.   
      
   -=> Jas Hud wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-   
   KW>    
   KW>  JH> i don't think there IS a big calling for cobol programmers like they   
   KW>  JH> expected. i know most state's unemployment benefit systems were writt   
   KW>  JH> in cobol.   
   KW>    
   KW>  Y2K did manage to re-employ tons of COBOL programmers, right when   
   KW>  they were getting ready to retire. My bet would be on RPG as the next   
   KW>  retirement employment opportunity, as IBM has worked to keep the   
   KW>  hardware relevant. You could migrate off of your RPG code onto   
   KW>  virtualized *nix, on the same box.   
      
   i heard talk of y2k cobol armageddon but then i was unsure if that ever came   
   into fruition.  my friends in IT never brought it up.  i know on the news they   
   mentioned hiring cobol programmers for short contracts. i am not sure how that   
   panned out.   
      
      
   KW>  Some people don't change. I've seen people that worked swing shifts   
   KW>  swapping tapes, printing out reports and running through maintenance   
   KW>  checklists, right up until they unplugged the last AS/400 and laid   
   KW>  them off. Didn't know what hit them.   
   KW>    
      
      
   man i miss as400. i could do so much with it. we switched to jdedwards at my    
   job and had a rough time in transition.   
      
   Companies just have stupid people that dont take accountability. they let    
   things fall apart.  some people wouldn't even  pull the fire alarm if the    
   place was on fire.   
      
   ... Carefull, we might be landing on your street   
      
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