John:
That's how I got into Systems Programming -> Network Engineering -> Development. No regrets … Regards, Scott From: John Gilmore Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 7:22 PM To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Who needs|will need IT pros? Anxiety about this is misplaced. Circa 1910 an automobile trip from Boston to Philadelphia, London to Birmingham, or Paris to Lyon was a high adventure that usually ended badly. There was no infrastructure in place for such undertakings, and the skills required to succeed in them would today, suitably updated, qualify one for membership in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). All that has changed. Almost anyone who can drive can make such trips; they are routine. The SAE nevertheless thrives, and so it will be with IT professionals who have the requisite skills. There will, however, be only a few places for mediocrities among them, and the mediocrities who occupy those places will not be exuberantly paid. What I regret most about this is that IT careers will be much less accessible to the able but uncredentialed. The operator-to-sysprog career path has already, for example, all but disappeared. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
