Re: mainframe career advice

Well, the point is: is a technology that drives the entire funds transfer
and conversion network for Europe "rather old and unattractive"? How about
the technology that underlies the national banks of several fairly lzrge
countries? How about the large credit-card company that has a whole
roomful of "commodity" network servers whose primary purpose is to route
information to a mainframe way off in the corner that actually houses the
company's customer records?

A Harley Springer Softail might be the Bike du Jour and a heck of a lot of
fun to fiddle around with (and given a choice of ways to get from point A to
point B without luggage or passengers on a day that isn't raining I'll take
my BMW R1100R every time -- as I did today -- though I'm a bit diffident
about doing much fiddling around with it as yet).

For Motoring (the four-wheeled English-style recreational activity) I don't
think anything would beat a Morgan.

I'd certainly thank anyone who gave me a brand-new Ferrari as a gift.

For carrying one-to-four passengers on a short or long trip something like a
Toyota Avalon is a better choice as a Ride than my BMW would be.

But to the main point, there are also times and circumstances in which a
Peterbilt or Kenworth is really the only appropriate tool for the job.

Personally, I think there's much positive to be said about Kenworths and
Peterbilts and Ferraris and Morgans and Toyotas and Harleys and two-wheeled
BMW's. And if I were a mechanic I think I'd be delighted to gain the
knowledge and skill set that would allow me to work competently and
efficiently on any of them.

-Chuck Stevens

"Mirlitone" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I confess i know nothing about mainframes.
>
> I shouldn't have said "dying", let me say that again :
> "by working with these rather old and innatractive technologies"
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