RE: EMAIL Syntax Validation

That's a very naive statement about not taking a job if they won't let you 
program in RPGIV. I suspect you are either very young or you have led a very 
sheltered professional life. 

If you are a contractor and you want to eat, make your house payment and buy 
your kids clothes, you do whatever you have to to bring home that paycheck. 
It's that simple.

-----Original Message-----
    From: "Wilt, Charles"<CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: 11/29/05 2:14:33 PM
    To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries"<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Subject: RE: EMAIL Syntax Validation
      Bob,
    
    Don't take this personally as it's not meant to be but...
    
    Every time I hear, "I'm just a contractor, I have to do as the client
    wants."
    
    It bugs the crap out of me.  It often seems to be the contractor taking
    the easy way out.  Sometimes, because the contractor doesn't really
    understand the "right" way.  But usually, the contractor doesn't care as
    long as he get paid.
    
    Granted, I've got a day job...so the contracting I've done is on the
    side, I don't depend on it. But I for one, would never accept a job
    involving new development where at minimum RPG IV couldn't be used.
    
    I can't believe there's that many clients out there still insisting on
    RPG III that you can't say no and stay in business.  I think the problem
    is nobody wants to say NO and true down the money.
    
    How about it all you full time self employed consultants out there:
      Do most of your clients insist on RPG III?
      Have you ever turned down a project due to a irrational RPG III
    requirement?
      Do you really try to show your RPG III clients the benefits of RPG IV
    and/or ILE RPG?
    
    
    If so many clients still insist on RPG III, then we have only ourselves
    to blame.
    
    
    
    Charles Wilt
    --
    iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
    Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
    ph: 513-573-4343
    fax: 513-398-1121
      
    
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
    > [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Voltz
    > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:43 PM
    > To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
    > Subject: RE: EMAIL Syntax Validation
    > 
    > Ha, Ha...sooooo funny.
    >    
    >   Can you say CONTRACTOR working for a CLIENT and going by 
    > THEIR rules?
    >    
    >   I knew you could....
    >   
    
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