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We had this discussion at the New England conference a couple of years. A comment was made about going to the back of the room at COMMON and looking at the backs of the heads to see the "Graying of COMMON".

So, we went to the back of the room in Framingham and we looked for ourselves. That was NOT what we saw. We discussed what we saw: The number of female heads of hair, the number of really young heads of hair, the number of minorities, and the obvious interest of the audience.

We concluded that going to COMMON is a perk, awarded to the senior staff; the regional meetings like Framingham are cheaper so the companies send their junior staff, too.

Last night was the Dallas User Group. I didn't count, but thinking back, I'd guess half the attendees were under 35, maybe 40. (I have trouble telling ages) But certainly the meeting was not a gathering of the old folks.



steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
They are totally correct about the age of experienced Iseries workers,
however, the opportunity exists for a programmer, say a VB person, to
learn RPG on the job.

More than once, I have seen a PC programmer we were working in express
interest in learning RPG.

  Guys,
  I just had a conversation with my supervisor for about an hour regarding
the future of the
Iseries with our company. One of the sticking points that upper management
is using (to justify
phasing the platform out) is the "greying" of the Iseries workforce. There
has been discussions
about this on this board but, I thought I would just throw this in as just
more fodder.
Amazingly, they all agree on  what a great platform it is. They can't
complain about its cost.
But, I guess any reason is as good as another.   I really think if IBM
wants to insure the
survival of this platform they will consider dropping some freebie systems
off at some colleges
(give aways are great for marketing. Just ask Microsoft). They need to do
more marketing to show
that they are educating a new line of developers (not just in Asia) but,
here where there will be
exposure.  Otherwise, the perceptions of the MBA's of the future will
always be tainted against
the platform.

 Anyway, just my two cents.

 Vance

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