Re: Re[2]: RPG TALENT--Global issue

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Booth,

In a message dated 98-05-28 22:45:47 EDT, you write:

> >Tried to hire anyone lately?  It's not just an AS/400 problem, but
>  >industry-wide.  The articles on the subject transcend the traditional
midrange
>  >mags into "Byte" and "PC World".  Management has finally recognized the
>  >value of IS, just as the overall talent pool has dried up...
>  
>  Dried up?  Or is the platform just becoming more recognized?

The point was that the talent shortage trancends platforms.  Despite their
"openness", HP and DEC shops are experiencing the same problems locating
talented personnel as are the AS/400 folks.  Fewer and fewer people are
willing to take up the MicroSoft banner for slave wages and hours, just to
have it on their resume.  A rebellion is underway in this industry, and fewer
people are willing to give up their weekends, holidays, and nights at home to
line the pockets of the people on top.  Forty hour weeks are an unrealistic
expectation in the computer profession, as are having every holiday off.  Comp
time for these sacrifices is not, but management is still slow to accept this.

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"Hospitality is making your friends feel at home, even though you wish they
were." -- Anonymous
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