RE: is consulting dead

JDE World served me quite well for 6 years of Consulting in the UK and
Europe, but as Andy says, it is legacy code and it is
counter-productive to try to utilise ILE functionality.  Since moving
to the States and working in an environment with only home-grown
software, I have been able to learn and use ILE techniques.

Now, if they'd only move to V5R1, I'd be quite happy with life!!

On the subject of Consulting (I am currently in permanent employment
since moving Stateside), are there companies out there who accept or
encourage tele-commuting, or is management attitude still focussed
around having bodies on site?

Regards

Chris

--- Andy Nolen-Parkhouse <aparkhouse@attbi.com> wrote:
> Phil,
>
> My point was not that you would get new work that you would not
> otherwise get.  I was saying that as a hiring manager (a position I
> do
> not currently hold) I would want some indication that skills were
> up-to-date if my shop was using ILE functionality.  I would be
> willing
> to accept certification as an indication of some familiarity.  It's
> not
> the only one, and it may not be the best, but it is an indication
> that
> someone's skills are reasonably current.
>
> I have worked with programmers who do maintenance and add-on work
> with
> JD Edwards World software.  They are skilled, they are talented, and
> they have no exposure to ILE programming because of the code base on
> which they work.
>
> Regards,
> Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
>
> > On Behalf Of sublime78ska@attbi.com
> > Subject: Re: [Consult400] is consulting dead
> >
> > My certification got me no new work.
> >
> > But studying for it made me a better programmer, and
> > that may have had something to do with *keeping*
> > customers.
> >
> > Phil
>
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