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From: Graham Hobbs on 6 May 2008 22:09
Isn't Python just a script tool?

On Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:47 -0500, Robert <no(a)e.mail> wrote:

>On Mon, 5 May 2008 12:59:53 -0700 (PDT), len <lsumnler(a)gmail.com> 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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