My mantra is "I don't do hardware.", but I've still been drafted for hardware tasks. Evenfor a job that is billed as "100% remote", I would be prepared to come in once in a while for tasks that really are hands on.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from home? I mean this in the most respectfulest possible way: Oh, piffle. There are tons of things that cannot be done remotely. But not that many in the IT industry, which I suppose is what you meant. I've been completely remote (barring an occasional one-week introduction at the start of some contract gigs) for years now. But I wouldn't be able to do that if I were a hardware jock, upgrading equipment, laying cable, tracking down terminal connections etc. For that matter I suppose (but I may be mistaken about this) that if I were just out of school and had too short a resume, maybe I'd have to show my face. Maybe employers would prefer to know you have a track record before they trust you to do much out of sight. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Winning isn't everything, but then losing is nothing. */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 15:58 There is nothing that can’t be done remotely nowadays and companies that frown on or deny WAH are just living in the past or are poorly managed, or both. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
