Re: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps I need to define "AS/400 Attitude."

1) "You can pry my twinax console from my cold dead fingers."
2) "Call Data Processing and have them run a report, you can key the 
numbers from there."
3) "What's TCP/IP useful for? We have SNA."
4) "I use my web browser to access my newsgroups."
5) "Why would I want Free form, it screws up all my left side indicators!"
6) "SEU Forever."
7) "Green Screens will always beat web interfaces."
8) "Mail me my PTFs on a CD, that virtual stuff will never catch on and 
IBMs downloads are super slow."
9) "The IFS is worthless, we have folders for that."
10) "Client Access is a pig, and GUI development tools require 
fabulously huge PCs and will never pay for themselves."

THAT'S AS/400 attitude. It's OLD. It's STUCK. It's no changes for me. 
It's "I've always done it this way." When it shows up at the door, it's 
turned away.

    - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis.

On 12/12/2012 9:23 AM, Doug Fuerst wrote:
> How sad. Customers that don't want to hire iSeries "attitude." Perhaps the
> customers need their "attitude" adjusted.  No wonder this business is no fun
> anymore.
>
> Doug
>
> Doug Fuerst
> Principal Consultant
> BK Associates
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> 917.572.7364
> doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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> If you are putting it on your Resume you certainly need to lead with IBM
> i on Power Systems. Certainly on a resume you would also mention
> "including System i, iSeries, and AS/400"  I am often asked to review
> candidate resume's and I can tell you that Leading with current names
> and technologies improves your chances of an interview. Leading with
> "AS/400" or "iSeries" will cost you 'points'.  Failing to even mention
> IBM i or Power nearly guarantees you a circular filing. What you say on
> your resume dates your attitude. My customers don't want to hire
> "AS/400" or "iSeries" attitude.
>
>       - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
> snip>>>>>>>>>>>>