Re: FW: Re: Getting Young People into IBM i

[Laurence Chiu <lchiu7@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is an interesting topic. I work in both the z/OS world and IBMi with
my main strength being in z/OS. Both our main platform z/OS and IBMi are on
a sort of end of life with IBMi possibly ending earlier (maybe 4 years)
because the software we are using is going out of support and we have
migration plans to move to different applications. But as I started to work
on iBMi I found my z/OS experience especially in the areas of PowerVM
(PR/SM on the mainframe), virtual device adapters (VIOS) etc. very
helpful.  And I took all the knowledge I had on SAN replication across to
IBMi which worked really well.

On the mainframe side with the majority of the code being in
COBOL/Assembler we are hiring grads to take over the mantle when our
experienced staff start to retire.  But on the IBMi side we are relying on
a vendor and keep in house only some IBMi CL knowledge and some RPG. I
don't think there is any concerted effort to recruit IBMi people but maybe
we should?

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 1:26 AM Michael Mayer <michael.mayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Couple of thoughts on this:
> My firm hired an intern who is now developing in RPGLE / SQL and working
> with 2
> senior IBM i developers.
> I try and impart as much as I can from the operational / system admin side
> to him
> when the opportunity presents itself or when he asks questions.
> Here are 2 articles worth a read:
>
> https://www.itjungle.com/2023/05/01/ibm-looks-to-grow-new-power-college-program-from-the-ground-up/
>
> https://www.itjungle.com/2023/05/08/virtual-student-meet-and-greets-are-building-momentum-and-futures/
>
>
> Respectfully,
> Michael Mayer
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