RE: A little learning...

Yeah, I should have clarified the "Java & RPG working in tandem" part.  No 
doubt plain-jane Java
coders are a dime a dozen (well, maybe a dollar a dozen), but the Java coders 
who are also AS/400
professionals are the ones who get to name their salary, from what I hear.

And, I agree with your assessment on "many RPG-only companies have no specs".  
However, I presume
that the RPG labor pool supply grows when companies with specs go offshore for 
coding.  Which is
one reason why I think RPG-only coders are a dime a dozen right now.

Thanks for your insight, Buck!

- Dan

--- Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<snip>
> Java "programmers" are so easy and cheap to find that it is easy for a
> consulting company to offer Java programmers for hire.  The real opportunity
> is with people who can readily navigate an iSeries database AND application
> code, and can advise on how to modernise using whatever technology is
> appropriate.  Sometimes, that will be Java/browser and sometimes not.  If we
> iSeries people become at least passing familiar with the technology, we can
> at the very least spot a Java "consultant" who is giving bad advice.  The
> other factor which argues against offshoring (you coined a new word...nice!)
> is that many RPG-only companies have no specs.  Things sort of grow a little
> at a time.  I think it is difficult for the typical small company to
> outsource this routine work.  Imagine simply handing the project you're
> working on now to a contractor that you expect to go away and return with a
> finished work.  How would that go?

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