Re: Learning COBOL

["Jim Essinger" <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm glad you are interested in COBOL. On the iSeries we don't have
JCL, and CICS is for those coming from a main frame computer to the
iSeries.  Interactive programming is done differently on this IBM
platform, than it is done on the main frame. CL is sometimes used to
control parts of the programming, but is not usually needed to run a
job.

Some consider COBOL to be a dead language (not me!) but programmers
are needed all the time. Most of them are maintaining existing code I
think, and not creating new systems for the most part.


On 4/10/07, loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Good Evening,
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> I am eager to learn COBOL, JCL, TSO, CICS and all of the other minutiae that
> go along with programming on an IBM mainframe.  Does anyone know if any
> college or university anywhere in the U.S. (preferably near Denver) offers
> courses in such areas?  Failing that, does anyone have advice on how to
> proceed, how to learn the skills that would be marketable to an employer
> without the backing of a university?  What, if anything, would prompt an
> employer to accept a self-trained programmer?
>
> Thanks for any advice you can offer.  If this isn't the right list for this,
> I apologize; if you feel you have information but this is an off-topic
> question, please reply privately.  I began my COBOL studies with a mentor
> who said I had the mind of a programmer.  Between his lessons and lots of
> time with books, I've actually written some useful COBOL, and I can write
> basic JCL and use TSO fairly well.  BUT CICS is a mystery, and I know
> there's a lot more to cover in all areas.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Lora
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