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Posted by Mike on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 218 Views
Considering these challenges, one is not surprised whenever a cobol programmer decides to stick with legacy programming skills.
That is why I am dedicating this post to helping cobol mainframe programmers transition their skills or careers. READ MORE
Posted by Mike on Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 1 Views
IBM is furthering its push to position Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) as a key component of its legacy modernization business, bridging customers to Java.
“Fundamentally, IBM is using EGL as the broom to sweep up many of the stray cats and dogs [3GL languages] of the last several decades as a first step to modernization,” said Gartner Research vice president Dale Vecchio.
IBM uses EGL as a replacement language that it says will help organizations reduce third-party ISV licensing costs as well as the number of licenses required on the mainframe, Vecchio said. EGL targets COBOL, Natural and other languages that were commonly used to write business applications in previous decades. READ MORE
Posted by Mike on Saturday, March 6, 2010 - 65 Views
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.
Posted by Mike on Friday, March 5, 2010 - 1 Views
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
Posted by Mike on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 101 Views
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
Posted by Mike on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 79 Views
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
Posted by Mike on Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 144 Views
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
Posted by Mike on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 174 Views
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
Posted by Mike on Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 225 Views
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
Posted by Mike on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 146 Views
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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