Re: Is a career switch to the mainframe/cobol world responsible?

Thanks all for the replies so far.
Carl, I live in Belgium

Greetz

"CG" <carl.gehr.RemoveThis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:c6832$447b0f4c$d066072d$17871@xxxxxxxxxxx

First, to paraphrase an old quote: Rumors of the death of the mainframe
has been greatly exaggerated.

While most of the trade press would have you believe that the world of
computing started with the PC, the mainframe is still alive and well. And,
there are active programs trying to attract younger professionals into the
mainframe arena.

You did not indicate your local, so it is a little difficult to make
recommendations for specific investigations that you might undertake.

For the moment, assuming you are in the U.S., I would suggest a look at
the zNextGen program between IBM and SHARE. SHARE is the large systems
IBM User Group. You can get a good view of the activities by checking at:
www.share.org
From that page, you can:
1) Find out more about SHARE, IMHO, the premier source for IBM mainframe
eduction and technical information. SHARE is an independent, volunteer
run association providing IBM customers with user focused education,
professional networking, and industry influence. It is not your typical
'management fluff' or 'marketing' type conference. You can get detailed
and heavy technical information there.
2) See the agenda and activities from the last SHARE Conference in
Seattle last March.
3) See a first look at the agenda for August in Baltimore. If you are
particularly interested in programming languages, you can see the topics
that will be presented by the "Language Environment, COBOL, PL/I, C/C++"
project at:
http://shareew.prod.web.sba.com/displaymod/SingleConf.cfm?conference_id=14
From there, select 'Search by Project'...
4) See a summary of the zNextGen program at:
http://www.share.org/About/industry_news_conference.cfm

Good luck!

Carl



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