Re: Midrange Jobs National Discussion

Of course, I also saw the writing on the wall ... non-homogeneous system
integration was, and is, the wave of the future ... and if don't at
least UNDERSTAND what the other systems are doing, you are going to be
at a serious disadvantage.

This is the 'blacksmith'  problem.  Once, the nation needed thousands
of blacksmiths, for a variety of jobs.  Today, it's a niche.  We
technical folk need to constantly be alert to becoming less valuable
over time.  Not because our smithing skills are poor, but because they
are irrelevant.  And it happens gradually, so it's hard to spot.

Think about it.  If a half million or more of us can be permanently
replaced by essentially unskilled labour, what does that say about
what employers are looking for?

I just got another iSeries job, and I'm grateful for it.  But the
future is clearly not 'iSeries-only' like it was even at Y2K.
 --buck