Re: Death of the AS/400 (was Death of the RPG Programmer, List Activity)

Hi Dean !

You might want to check out:

 http://www.bpcsjobz.com

Don't know if it will help or not, but never know !

Chuck

DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I'm not even going to quote a pertinent piece here, as so many were right and
> so many more were wrong on this subject.  AS/400 consulting and perm work is
> in the toilet right now, period.  Don't espouse JAVA to me, I've _GOT_ JAVA
> experience but cannot find work there.  ILE?  Yeah, right.  RPG?
> Fuhgedaboutit.  There _IS_ little to no work to be had for AS/400
> professionals right now -- contract _OR_ perm.  I am forced to swallow my
> earlier words about consultants not saving enough money to get through the
> annual "January slowdown", because said slowdown has now lasted until June.
> I saved enough for this, but I certainly don't expect everyone else to do so.
>  There are folks out there, just like you and me, that are working the census
> right now in order to feed their families.  So much for the much ballyhooed
> "high tech career".
>
> I (and most other industry analysts) figured that, with the dissolution of
> Y2K, that companies would be screaming for help to do the stuff that they'd
> put off for the past 2-5 years.  Perhaps the e-business trend would even
> further accelerate the latter -- WRONG.  Companies are still griping about an
> IT worker shortage, but it seems that they're only interested in _LOW PAID_
> IT workers when it actually comes down to having to hire someone.  H1-B folks
> around here earn around $55K per year -- good money, but it won't get you a
> trailer within an hour's drive of the Research Triangle for housing.  Forget
> owning a reasonably new car to navigate our complete lack of public
> transportation.
>
> Sorry, but contracts _AND_ permanent employment on the AS/400 seem to be
> pretty much dead.  If it makes you feel any better, it appears that the other
> midrange platforms are suffering equal problems...
>
> JMHO,
>
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
>
> "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." -- John Wooden
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