Re: Newbie Questions

I didn't want to say anthing but since you asked ......

I personally don't think the latest set of newbie questions belong here.  If you
can't figure out the VERY basics of cl programming then you haven't checked the
manual first.  Same goes for the simple task of how to display the different
record formats of a display file etc.  This stuff is day one in the ATS courses 
so
I don't know where these people are studying this stuff.  The manuals show a ton
of examples and they're all on-line.  They should also just check out the source
of programs already on their AS/400 that other people have written.

At the last insurance company I worked for, we hired a graduate from school that
didn't know an AS/400 from an NT Server and never looked at clp, rpg, etc.  He
dived into the ATS courses we had and the manuals and he never asked me any 
basic
questions forget about sending an e-mail message to a public forum like this.

My .02.

Glenn Gundermann
Ronald A. Chisholm Limted
Toronto
E-Mail: ggundermann@rachisholm.com

DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I may be wrong here but would like to start a discussion, if warranted, on the
> above subject.  In other words, respond to the list if you take issue with
> what I'm about to say, _NOT_ offline.  There have been several questions
> posted lately from AS/400 newbies and, frankly, I was _APPALLED_ at some of
> your responses.  Try to remember that the majority of AS/400 _PROFESSIONALS_
> couldn't find this list (or anything else on the Internet) with both hands and
> a flashlight.  Those of you that have moved from RPG or COBOL to OO should
> recall how difficult _that_ transition was at first -- just try to imagine
> moving the _OTHER_ way.
>
> Granted some of the questions were a little lower-level than we are used to
> seeing here; however, IMO this list is for the free exchange of information
> regarding the AS/400 and IBM midrange systems at large to _ALL_ people
> regardless of talent level (or employment situation).  Also IMO, get used to
> it -- thanks in part to the efforts of people here, more people are
> discovering the AS/400 that are already OO/Internet-savvy, and those forced
> into 3GL's will inevitably ask questions like these.  If you don't have
> anything constructive to say and its' not a "spammer", please don't say
> anything at all -- we need all the AS/400 talent we can get...at _ALL_
> levels...
>
> JMHO,
>
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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