Re: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant

Perhaps I need to define "AS/400 Attitude."

1) "You can pry my twinax console from my cold dead fingers."
2) "Call Data Processing and have them run a report, you can key the numbers from there."
3) "What's TCP/IP useful for? We have SNA."
4) "I use my web browser to access my newsgroups."
5) "Why would I want Free form, it screws up all my left side indicators!"
6) "SEU Forever."
7) "Green Screens will always beat web interfaces."
8) "Mail me my PTFs on a CD, that virtual stuff will never catch on and IBMs downloads are super slow."
9) "The IFS is worthless, we have folders for that."
10) "Client Access is a pig, and GUI development tools require fabulously huge PCs and will never pay for themselves."

THAT'S AS/400 attitude. It's OLD. It's STUCK. It's no changes for me. It's "I've always done it this way." When it shows up at the door, it's turned away.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis.

On 12/12/2012 9:23 AM, Doug Fuerst wrote:

How sad. Customers that don't want to hire iSeries "attitude." Perhaps the
customers need their "attitude" adjusted. No wonder this business is no fun
anymore.

Doug

Doug Fuerst
Principal Consultant
BK Associates
718.921.2620
917.572.7364
doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Subject: Re: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant

If you are putting it on your Resume you certainly need to lead with IBM
i on Power Systems. Certainly on a resume you would also mention
"including System i, iSeries, and AS/400" I am often asked to review
candidate resume's and I can tell you that Leading with current names
and technologies improves your chances of an interview. Leading with
"AS/400" or "iSeries" will cost you 'points'. Failing to even mention
IBM i or Power nearly guarantees you a circular filing. What you say on
your resume dates your attitude. My customers don't want to hire
"AS/400" or "iSeries" attitude.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
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