Re: New RPG programmers

IBM will put it into the schools.  They just want a sponsor.

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Well, if IBM doesn't get their act together on getting OS/400 (i5 or
whatever) INTO THE SCHOOLS, the only folks that will be teaching RPG will
be user groups, private classes and a few classes at ILS...

Once again, people bring to the workplace the tools they learn in
school...  I have to really wonder why IBM's not pushing OS/400 in the
school places...(other than telling them they can run linux on
iSeries...which really doesn't do anything for OS/400 centric arenas!)

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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Jonathan Mason wrote:

> I hat to say it, but there are a few grey hairs coming through (although 
I put them down to my wife and kids rather than the 19 years RPG and 
System 36, /38 and AS/400 use).
>
> The only "educational" establishments I've ever come across over here in 
the UK that do RPG are commercial training companies, or places like IBM 
with a vested interest.  Back in the late 80's and early 90's there used 
to be a company called Nova that would provide AS/400 and RPG training and 
then the students would be placed at a company and work there for 6 months 
or a year without pay.  They would still get their social security and the 
only obligation from the company they were placed at was that if they 
performed well they had to be considered for a position at the end of the 
placement.
>
> I have noticed, though, that it's not so much the programmers over here 
that don't want to learn new techniques, it's the employers who don't want 
to invest in the "new technology".  There tends to be a lot of "if it's 
not broken, don't fix it" and in one shop I worked at the move to RPG IV 
was only for a handful of programs in a specific project that needed to 
bypass the RPG/400 field size restrictions.
>
> I don't think that even IBM would be crazy enough to kill off RPG, there 
are just too many legacy systems out there with their major customers that 
need support.  I've still got 25 years left before I officially retire, 
and I'm confident I'll still be working in RPG something or other on 
whatever IBM's latest rebranding comes up with.
>
> All the best
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> Jonathan Mason
> www.astradyne-uk.com
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