Re: The Future

Hi,

looking on your list of interest, I would recommend first get knowledge with
SQL, thats not far away from your job. As a perspective the most important
thing is Java, there ar many books and online ressources to learn java. I
agrre, you would need real world experience to enhance your knowledge, to
make it usefull for your job, or maybe another. Best way to get real world
experience: join one of the open Source projects.

Dieter

Am Dienstag 14 September 2010 17:39 schrieb Kelley Shaddrick:

We've all read of the impending demise of RPG green screen programmers (30+
years here). It has been suggested that we branch out into HTML, CSS,
Javascript, PHP, Java, XML, SQL, etc. The list appears to be endless. The
company I work for has NO interest in web based user interfaces. The folks
who work in the customer service, order entry, accounting, and shipping
areas have been here for years and years (they average 20+ years). They
WANT the old green screen interface.

The short story is there is no opportunity to learn any of these "new"
technologies here at work. Sure, I could grab one of the "learn (fill in
the blank) in 24 hours" books and create my own personal website. But, in
past experiences at job interviews, these kind of "development experiences"
were not viewed in a good light. The interviewer is looking for solid
business applications development in a business environment.

So, my question to all of you is, do you know of some kind of degree or
certification program offered by an accredited institution that one could
go through that would, with the previous 30+ years of developing business
applications, help to offset the "looking for business development
experience" issue?

Kelley