RE: Moving from Green screen app to GUI because of push back fromyounger employees ?

I had a double major in Business and Economics from the University of
Minnesota, but because of the money, I was running a bulldozer in the good
weather, and an 18 wheeler in the winter. Through an acquaintance, I was
offered an opportunity to learn how to be a programmer. That was way back in
the fall of 1973 at the IBM office in Minneapolis. 6 weeks later, I was
handed RPG 2 coding sheets and a stack of printer layout charts, and away I
went!

I still have a CDL and an Operating Engineers union card, in case this IT
thing doesn't work out for me.

:-)

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon
Paris
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 11:00 AM
To: Midrange-L Midrange-l
Subject: Re: Moving from Green screen app to GUI because of push back
fromyounger employees ?

Maybe it is just me - but I don't think I ever met anybody who started way
back who wasn't somewhat of a tech geek. The ones who jumped on the
bandwagon to make money (1990s) less so.

But your mileage may vary.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Dec 12, 2017, at 11:42 AM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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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