Gunsmith? Where can I get me a handgun...or bazooka?
Since barry obummers is doing so much for race relations I think I'll need something soon!
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From: Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Jun 12, 2015 9:31 am
Subject: RE: What's the median age of the developers in your shop?
Thanks to companies who outsource, those pastures aren't so green
anymore.
Looking at Jim's figures for IT graduation rates, perhaps the word
is
getting out that the money is better in other disciplines.
My oldest son
(41) has been a web developer for years, and even had his own
retail web site
for a while. He'll be leaving the industry this year. He's
found that he can
make better money as a gunsmith.
Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
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409-267-4027
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From:
MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jerry
Adams
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 7:35 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems
Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: What's the median age of the developers in
your shop?
I can't believe this, but Paul and I actually agree about
something! I base
my agreement after training programmers for a company years
ago. We wound
up taking recruits out of accounting, warehousing, even
(shutter) sales.
The only problem was the company didn't pay that well so, once
they got
trained they usually wound up leaving for greener (i.e., more
lucrative)
pastures.
Jerry C. Adams
Personally I don't think you can make a
lawyer honest by an act of the
Legislature. You've got to work on his
conscience. And his lack of a
conscience is what makes him a lawyer. -Will
Rogers
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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NMM&D
615-832-2730
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Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Paul
Nelson
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 5:35 PM
To: 'Midrange
Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: What's the median age of the
developers in your shop?
I've always held that it's easier to teach someone
with a business degree to
program than it is to teach somebody with a computer
science degree how to
produce financial statements and understand inventory
control.
Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office
409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From:
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Jim
Oberholtzer
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:40 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems
Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: What's the median age of the developers in
your shop?
Holger,
We are finding on the west coast of the US, California
primarily but the
entire coast, is about half the developers working in the
tech sector never
went to additional schooling after high school. They get
hired on, work
80-90 hours/week and in two years are as productive as 10 year
vets in the
industry. What they don't have is the industry and life
experiences needed
to produce applications that are effective in a business
environment.
Companies are relying on those of us with some grey hair to
provide that
perspective.
--
Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical
Architect
Agile Technology Architects
-----Original Message-----
From:
MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Holger
Scherer
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:35 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical
Discussion
Subject: Re: What's the median age of the developers in your
shop?
Maybe this will help your determination - here in Germany i know of a
lot of
IBM i shops where >50% of the developers do not have any grade which is
IT
related...
-h
Am 11.06.15 um 23:29 schrieb Jim Oberholtzer:
This is but one small slice of data used to determine the suggested
directions.
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