Re: College student wants to write program to show potential employers.

From: Michael Mattias (michael.mattias_at_gte.net)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:56:25 GMT

> In article <bd0700ac.0407090955.db620f7@posting.google.com>,
> superztnt@gmail.com (Jason Z.) wrote:
>
> > I would like to hear from the experienced cobol programers out there.
> > It would be great ot hear from anyone that is involved in the hiring
> > process too.

If it's really a "demo of what I can do" thing, a nice file maintenance is
something any prospective employer could (should?) appreciate... not only
does it show your general skill level, it shows your 'style', attention to
detail, how you handle editing, present error messages to users, etc etc.

EVERYONE needs file maintenance programs.

For extra credit, write a nice print report on the maintained file. Ditto on
what is demonstrates.

EVERYONE needs print reports.

Just make up a file description: name, address, zip, phone, etc... show
editing for presence, valid format for phone number, zip must be numeric
unless country <> USA, stuff like that. 

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Michael Mattias
Tal Systems, Inc.
Racine WI
mmattias@talsystems.com