Tried to read all the responses to this thread but I have missed this point. Unless NJ has a decent developer platform like Eclipse(?) or IBM Developer for z/OS Enterprise Edition then they are not only going to require Cobol programmers, but people with Z/OS knowledge like JCL, file system structure etc. Just knowing how to code might not be good enough. Alternatively a good coach who can assist with that stuff while the person focuses on coding.
Then of course what is the application written in? Is it CICS/DB2, IMS, VSAM etc. They are skills in their own right. On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 9:30 AM Clark Morris <cfmt...@uniserve.com> wrote: > [Default] On 13 Apr 2020 11:32:51 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > rpomm...@sfgmembers.com (Pommier, Rex) wrote: > > >What's the definition of "volunteer"? The articles I've read say they're > looking for volunteers, although I can't believe they're looking for > somebody to work for free! > > I'm considering actually putting a truncated resume online in Linked > In and offering to do things such as review compile options. Given > that I am required to stay home due to Covid-19 and I wouldn't want > any confidential information on my computer, the sort of help is that > which I would provide a fellow SHARE member. For billing concerns > thee only pay project I would consider is in Canada. > > Clark Morris > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Dan at Poodles > >Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 1:24 PM > >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > >Subject: [External] Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes > Amid Coronavirus Pandemic > > > >Nobody asked the real question: "What are they paying?". > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Pommier, Rex > >Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 11:22 AM > >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > >Subject: Re: [External] Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for > Mainframes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic > > > >Yup, this whole thing is akin to somebody complaining that Windows Server > >2019 is ancient as well. I'm sure if you dig a bit, you'll find code > inside it based on NT technology from the 1980s so why aren't people > complaining about that? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Seymour J Metz > >Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 10:51 AM > >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > >Subject: [External] Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes > Amid Coronavirus Pandemic > > > >Sigh! The system may be 40 years old but the computer in the picture is a > lot older. > > > >I suspect that the "40 year old" system is like the ax that has been in > use for 200 years: the handle has been replaced 20 times and the blade has > been replaced 25 times, but it's still the same ax. > > > > > > > >The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from > disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for > delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action > omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If > you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately > by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, > whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 > > > > > >The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from > disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for > delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action > omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If > you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately > by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, > whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
