Re: New RPG programmers

[Tony Carolla <carolla@xxxxxxxxx>]

You have to be close to me to see the 4-5 gray hairs (If my hair
weren't black, you wouldn't be able to see them)... I am 35, and have
only been programming RPG for about 3 years (although I have been on
the AS/400 for 15 years, and doing CL for the entirety of it, and SQL
for about 7-8 years).  I will be training a new RPG programmer here in
the next few weeks, and he is around 22.  Which brings me to a
question -- Other than spending 10-12 years looking at example progs,
what training courses are out there for beginning (haven't ever edited
or seen a source member on the AS/400, don't even know what RPG stands
for) programmers?


On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:15:56 -0500, Greg Garner
<ggarner_gds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does the community see where the new crop of RPG programmers is coming from?
> A few long term iSeries sites are evaluating the "graying" of the community
> (see the MCPress survey).  They are deciding whether to invest in "new" RPG
> coders as employees and instead only use contractors as the resource.
> 
> Gregory A. Garner
> Garner Data Systems, Inc.
> 4270 Grand Teton Parkway
> Suwanee, GA 30024
> Phone: 770 845 9636
> Fax:   770 614 3496
> 
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