RE: Did we have another name change?

[Lou Forlini <lforlini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:55 AM -0500 4/13/06, DeLong, Eric wrote:
> I feel that too many "professionals" have become career coasters, willing to
> simply rest on their 1982 laurels....  Go on, retire already and make way
> for the real programmers.  Some people rant and rave at IBM because of the
> "Greying of COMMON", saying that there's no new blood coming onto the
> platform.  In fact, there will be little new blood comming to the platform
> as long as these programmers are not allowed to embrace the new
> technologies.  How does it sound to a prospective new-hire when they are
> told that "ILE is a no-no in this shop", or "no playing around with that Web
> server stuff".  Why are there legions of programmers who have never seen
> embedded SQL?  Why is ILE still called "the new stuff"?
>
> Where do you think these young IT pros are going to go?

   If you want a job where they use the latest technology, then get 
one.  What's the problem?  Corporations don't exist for the sole 
purpose of offering you an opportunity to play with the latest toys. 
If you are really hearing things like "ILE is a no-no in this shop", 
your answer should be "thanks for the opportunity, but I don't think 
I'd be a good fit here".

   Your other comments could easily be construed as ageist, but I'll 
be charitable and say that they just sound confused.

   Regards,

   - Lou Forlini
     Software Engineer
     System Support Products, Inc.