RE: What do you tell folks you work on?

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Booth Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:21 PM
>
> What do you tell folks you work on?
>
> I need to print some business cards and I used to have
> "Programming for the
> iSeries" on the card.  But that isn't the name anymore is it?
>
> What are others saying in their resumes, interviews, and correspondence?
> By using "AS/400" one is clear but perhaps dating oneself; displaying an
> attitude of stubborness and unwillingness to move forward?  By saying
> iSeries" one is apparently just plain wrong.  By saying "ieis 5" or what
> ever is the new moniker one starts to look nerdy.
>
> It would be helpful to me to read the comments of others.  What say you?

"Programming for the best damn business system on the planet, bar none!"
"Programming for the i5, aka iSeries, aka AS/400"
"Programming for that RPG thingy"

or, more seriously (but boooooooooorrrrrriiiiinnnnngggg):

"Programming for the IBM midrange business systems"

Although "midrange" seems like it can be a misnomer since the platform
scales from almost a personal system to mainframe levels.  Maybe it's just:

"Programming for the i5, iSeries, & AS/400 platform"

db