Hello:
COMMON is planning to change the fall event so there are more hands on opportunities. There often have been labs and workshops but sounds like there will more this fall. COMMON is a great source for education.
Fortunately we have a lot of education opportunities. For all kinds of timelines and budgets. Not sure where you are located in the country but many local groups often have events and virtual meetings also they often can be found by surfing, joining your local user group, IT Jungle, TechChannel and COMMON publications. There are also some online choices. Depending on what specifically your wanting to learn. There are still quite a few colleges across the Country that include IBM i curriculum. The most recent addition is a program starting up at NSU this spring featuring AI. Jim Buck's Impower also offers great online training. Depending on the skills you want to learn there are some very reasonable online options that are hands on like ed2go. If you're more specific on what you'd like to learn it would help to better answer.
Regards,Laura
Laura A. UbelhorPresidentConsultech Services, Inc.www.consultechservicesinc.com
phone 248-701-7410
On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 09:58:12 AM EST, (WalzCraft) Jerry Forss <jforss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
For me, going to conferences has been huge.
Going to sessions that do not pertain to anything I am working on lodges something in the back of my brain for future reference.
You have to know something exists to maybe use it in the future.
Being on the consulting side is difficult. Training may be on your dime BUT well worth it!!!
Letting you customers know that "Yes, that can be done on the IBMi" will build the platform.
That will bring more opportunity for you.
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I'm going to follow that thought up with a serious question.
I am a consultant and most of us understands that means there is very little training budget and we are at the mercy of our clients and their projects.
The companies that I work for don't really want "new" stuff or if they do, it is not usually done on their IBM i.
I am not the kind of developer that can learn by reading because of a slight comprehension disability (now days they probably call it ADD because my mind wanders while reading). If I have an example, then can mess with it and learn how to make it do what I want it to do...assuming I want it to do something. I have always been new (to me) technology driven. I've taught myself several other languages (I even tried playing with MI but got nowhere useful). However, I'm also almost 65 and contemplating retirement so that makes the drive to learn a little less driving.
So here is the question. How does one learn stuff (given the above
statements) when there are no projects to work on that will use the new technology? I have looked for small projects to dive into but it is difficult to spend hours on something that you know nobody will ever use.
Yes, I am somewhat learning a new technology but it also seems like I'm wasting my time on throw away code.
Any thoughts?
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This is not a question. Just an observation.
I have been doing development for MANY years and sometimes the days can just be a grind. SSDD. (Same S...tuff Different Day)
Every once in a while you get to work on something new and challenging.
Over the past few years my new thing has been Web Services. Fun Stuff!
I have gotten to the point of being able to write a COMPLETE shipping package from scratch using Web Services to our carriers, getting rates and Printing their labels, saving us significant $$$.
Now the NEW thing.
Creating an IWS on the IBMi. This is really fun stuff!!!
I have so much to learn but things fall into place quickly.
We are highly integrated between the IBMi and the network.
In the past the network devo would access data directly. VERY SLOW!!
Then I wrote Stored Procedures that they call and I return what they need.
Much Faster.
Now I created an IWS because of a new project where Stored Procedure are not the best option.
With Scott's doc on Providing RPG Web Services and some help from Marco Facchinetti, the setup is a breeze.
The mind just explodes with opportunities!!!
My point is, when development just seems to plod along, and days turn to SSDD, do some reading about something you heard about.
And maybe your days can be filled the excitement of learning we felt at the beginning of our careers.
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