Re: AS/400 programmers

[DAsmussen <DAsmussen@xxxxxxx>]

Marty,

In a message dated 98-04-30 10:35:56 EDT, you write:

(As Vernon pointed out, that should have been plethora, rather than dearth)
> >You can also run
>  >classifieds in the papers of nearby towns or areas that have a dearth of
>  >AS/400 talent (such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Chicago, IL area --
why
>  >these areas are overloaded, I don't know).
>  
>  Well, I don't *know*, but I'd guess it has to do with the proximity to
>  Rochester, MN.

I just don't see how both Rochester and SSA combined could produce enough
disgruntled employees to account for all of the available talent there!
Chicago in particular just seems to be partial to midrange systems of any kind
-- when I worked on another (now defunct) midrange in a former life, Chicago
had almost a third as many of the boxes installed as the rest of the world
_COMBINED_ (and Australia was a _HUGE_ market for it).  Heck, I had three
accounts there and was working out of a miniscule firm from an even smaller
state at the time.  Strange market...

Just My Experience,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

Asked how he liked children - "Boiled madam, boiled." -- W.C. Fields
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