Some colleges offer AS/400 or iSeries programs. For example, I attended
a two-year AS/400 program at a local junior college that taught COBOL,
RPG, CL, Java, WebSphere development environment, and general business
courses. IBM works with colleges around the country to set these
programs up. You'll have to look at your local colleges and junior
colleges to see what they offer. You might contact IBM to get a listing
of such programs if you don't mind relocating for the eductation. My
understanding is these programs are shrinking in number.
I also believe IBM still makes COBOL training materials for the iSeries.
You can find COBOL manuals at the infocenter:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp
Also, there are ATS training materials, which you can order from IBM for
a cost.
http://www.ibmuser.com/train/dsfolder/acb2ds.htm
The ATS materials require you have access to an iSeries server and an
administrator willing to set up the training materials on that server.
It might be something you could convince a college professor to help you
set up as a special study course.
If none of your local colleges is willing or able to help you out, maybe
you could find a business that uses the iSeries and propose an
internship. You could learn what you want to learn. They could get some
free help and increase their local hiring pool.
Finally, if you search online, you can find training services. Here are
two examples:
www.bpgtraining.com/cobol.html
www.coboltrainingbysysed.us
I know nothing about the links above. I'm just offering them as
examples. You should shop around to find what's best for you.
Kelly
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