Posted by Mike on Saturday, March 6, 2010
There are so many programming languages available that it can be very difficult to get to know them all well enough to pick the right one for you. On the other hand most men know what kind of woman appeals to them. So here is a handy guide for many of the popular programming languages that describes what kind of women they would be if programming languages were women.
COBOL A plump secretary.
She talks far too much, and most of what she says can be ignored. She works hard and long hours, but can’t handle really complicated jobs. She has a short and unpredictable temper, so no one really likes working with her. She can cook meals for a huge family, but only knows bland recipes.
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Posted by Mike on Friday, March 5, 2010
Though more marathon than sprint, insurers are indeed in a race to glean as much as they can from a graying IT workforce possessing increasingly rare skill sets and a vast amount of institutional and system-specific knowledge.
Considering the stakes, carriers need to make tactical considerations, including shifting internal staff and outsourcing certain functions, in order to maximize the effectiveness of these workers. READ MORE
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Posted by Mike on Wednesday, March 3, 2010
California got $66 million in federal funds in 2003, earmarked the money to upgrade its call center software and part of its antique, Cobol-based computerized payments system, yet failed to launch these upgrades until recently.
“Projects originally scheduled for completion in 2008 will not be completed until 2014,” said the Assembly report, blaming the delay on “errors in judgment … bad planning, multiple changes in procurement processes and contradictory decisions.” READ MORE
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Posted by Mike on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Think of it this way: Even COBOL, that old mainframe language, still needs to be maintained now and then. And where are the IT workers who know how to do … READ MORE
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Large software systems typically contain 10-25% cloned code and Semantic Designs has seen as much as 58% redundancy in COBOL software. Gartner estimates over 200 billion lines of COBOL code in use today. Given a typical yearly software maintenance costs of one dollar per line of code the value of tightening working software is dramatic for virtually any COBOL system. READ MORE
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Posted by Mike on Thursday, February 18, 2010
Seriously, until the current generation of IT guys goes the way of the COBOL and PASCAL programmers of the past, Microsoft will remain the 800 pound gorilla … READ MORE
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Posted by Mike on Wednesday, February 17, 2010
There are bold programmers, but no old programmers — the reasons for this reality aren’t simple age discrimination
The Net is rife with mainframe operators and Cobol pros who will tell you that they got into IT for love of the challenge or subject. It was passion-driven. … READ MORE
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Posted by Mike on Saturday, February 13, 2010
But when I started, all one needed was the ability to write a little COBOL. Everything else, such as personality defects & poor social skills were overlooked. Certification has helped me – by backing up limited experience (SOA & MQ). … READ MORE
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The scuttlebutt on the job market related to mainframe now comes across to me as this:
Ten years ago, if you have worked mainly as a mainframe programmer, particularly in the old-fashioned world of nightly cycles, JCL, on-call support, COBOL, CICS, S0C7’s, AbendAid, etc (don’t we remember this), it was more prudent to grow your background in the mainframe area where you had focused expertise, than to move into client-server, where it’s hard to pick things up in non-linear learning curve mode. Why?
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Posted by Mike on Monday, February 8, 2010
Then came the bad news…. the interviewer smiled as he mulled over my resume, and he said he noticed that I didn’t have any COBOL experience. He asked me if I had ever taken any COBOL classes at the college, and I told him no… as far as .. MORE
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