RE: Another One Bites The Dust

["Harvell, Joel" <jbharvell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Robert, I know how you feel about programming and Iseries work in
AL.  That's why I'm in NC now.  Although I feel that this move was good
for me and my family, it was a tough decision.  I looked for months for
something worthwhile in AL.

 
Joel B. Harvell
Food Lion, LLC
(704) 633-8250 x2709
jbharvell@xxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert W. Munday
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:22 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Another One Bites The Dust 

Steve,


<<<  I was informed here on Friday that the AS400 (iSeries) will be
replaced 
in the coming year by I think it is an Oracle based system  >>>

I don't know why these folks want to replace the iSeries with "something

better".  A few years ago, one client hired some Java programmers
because a 
higher-up heard the buzzwords "Java" and "Websphere" and wanted to
convert 
every application to Java.  Java is a slug compared to RPG and the
concept 
only lasted a few months.  The Java folks were let go and the client is
a 
solid RPG shop now.


<<<  one of the main reasons that the guy gives (although I feel it is
just 
one excuse he can point to) is the lack of skilled programmers.  >>>

As a skilled programmer, I find that there is a serious lack of iSeries 
shops in which to work.  There is no work in my home town and almost
none in 
my home state.  In the past three years I have had to work in Nebraska, 
Indiana, South Carolina and Ohio because those were states where I could

find programming work.  I have been in Ohio for over a year with at
least 
nine months to go.  I'd like to go home but I have a famliy to support
and 
if I desired to toil twice as hard for one-fourth of the pay, I'm sure I

*could* find a job at home.  It would mean downsizing our lifestyle...
we'd 
have to move out of the double-wide and get a single. That would also
put us 
in a section of the mobile home park I really want to avoid.


Robert Munday
Munday Software Consultants
Montgomery, AL
on assignment in Dublin, OH