Re: Future Programmers - The future of IBM i

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Infoview? Never heard of it. Are they any good?


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You're in Michigan, aren't you? There's a boatload of guys from Infoview in
> Livonia who are looking, thanks to outsourcing to guess where?
>
> Paul Nelson
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> That's my experience too Jon. My clients don't need someone to write that
> report...they can find those folks. But...changing legacy code to work with
> different interfaces? Those folks are tough to find. My area had a big drop
> of positions over the past few years, and not all of the displaced workers
> have found new gigs. There is old school talent available in this area.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > On 2013-06-14, at 3:03 PM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I think there may be value in teaching
> > > integration techniques along with modern RPG and ILE, but there are
> > enough
> > > graybeards around to handle the old stuff.
> >
> > Sorry Michael - in my experience you're wrong.
> >
> > I've talked to multiple large customers in the past 12 months who are
> > considering a move away form IBM i because they can't get staff.
> Correction
> > - can't get _affordable_ staff. And a large number of unemployed
> graybeards
> > just want to keep doing same old same old until they retire. These
> > businesses need to integrate mobile, web, etc. with what they have.
> > Maintenance is rarely just a fix-it issue - upgrades of existing apps are
> > always needed.
> >
> > I have also talked to a number customers who are actively training their
> > own newbies - or considering developing such a program.
> >
> >
> > Jon Paris
> >
> > www.partner400.com
> > www.SystemiDeveloper.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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