Re: What is a Modern RPG Programmer??? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Exactly. I didn't say it directly but I am a tad leery of a request that asks for a "modern programmer" and provides no commentary to show what it is they are talking about. It really sounds like a fishing expedition on their part. A few well-worded questions will go a long ways to demonstrate your own knowledge while at the same time nailing down what it is they're looking for.

On 2/4/2018 11:06 PM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:

:) It seems you might need to tread carefully, then - as Booth said, maybe answer questions with questions for a bit.

On another tack, no matter what will be done for new development, every shop will have an extensive catalog of any of the version of RPG available since they got the machine - we have at least 25 and maybe 30+ year-old code here - RPG II and up - I might even posit that in this context, the "modern" programmer will be able to work with everything they will run across.

Please take that last bit only marginally seriously! But if the place has not used WDSC or RDi, there is likely to be some of the older stuff.

Now they might also be looking for an opportunity to move forward. There lie many traps, so beware, eh?

Good luck!
Vern

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