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<<That assumes the old-fashioned devs were ever tech geeks.>>

We weren't. We had to understand business first.

Paul Nelson
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Justin Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 10:42 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Moving from Green screen app to GUI because of push back
fromyounger employees ?

I read that article again, and I have to share an observation.


"They have forgotten how it was when we started out as tech geeks ourselves"

That assumes the old-fashioned devs were ever tech geeks.




-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Paris [mailto:jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 9:52 AM
To: Midrange-L Midrange-l <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Moving from Green screen app to GUI because of push back from
younger employees ?

I've heard the same thing from many customers.

It is a problem we have had for many years now. We wrote this blog post
back in 2012 that speaks to our experience at the
bank.http://ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/developer/modernization/perception_attitu
de/
<http://ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/developer/modernization/perception_attitude/>
Perception is _everything_.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com



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