With all due respect, and I do have great respect for you Brian, you do have a great deal of experience in this kind of work. So, a day or so after you get access (and I assume you've acquired a number of tools) it is entirely possible that you would be up to speed. I do agree with you that the first hurdle would how rapidly the new guy gets and what level of access they are allowed.
I think there are several other variables as to how rapidly a given newly hired yet experienced sysprog learns the ropes at a new site. From what I have observed here on the list, sites vary quite a bit. Personally, I would need a little longer. But, I've only worked at the one site, even if it was for 40 years. The thing is, I've forgotten more than I know at any given time. Almost always had to move to the next issue before any true expertise settled in. It was usually easier the next time a task or need rolled around, but since it was my site, I knew where I’d last left the tools and bread crumbs > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Brian Westerman > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:52 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: How long for an experiened z/OS sysprog to come up to speed > on a new environment? > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > I completely agree with one day. You should be productive by then, as for > learning all of the sites naming conventions, procedures and standards, you > would pick them up as you go. I have found that by the end of the first > week, I typically know more about how things are "supposed" to be > managed than the people that are currently employed there. :) > > That assumes that everyone knows you are coming in and is prepared for > you to be there. Things like getting an ID and a place to sit and > instructions > for VPN's and connections. Those things typically should be done before > your first day at the site, but unfortunately it rarely happens that way. So > I > should say that it's about a day after you can actually log onto the system. > > Brian > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
