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Very odd. It's like somebody's been hiding in a cave since 1995 and just discovered python, object-oriented programming and HTTP.
by 0x0 11y ago
Very odd. It's like somebody's been hiding in a cave since 1995 and just discovered python, object-oriented programming and HTTP.
- pjc50 11y agoHe's previously been writing RPG for the AS/400. That's pretty much exactly like living in a cave since 1975.
- akhilcacharya 11y agoPeople write for the AS/400 in 2015? What?
- pjc50 11y agoYes. Check your local job listings. Why? Never underestimate the inertia of a working legacy system.
- jhallenworld 11y agoI did just that, check it out: "Position is in a well-lighted office environment" http://jobview.local-jobs.monster.com/Programmer-Analyst-Job-Andover-MA-US-153495020.aspx?ch=NEWSBOSWO&jobPosition=1 http://jobview.local-jobs.monster.com/Programmer-Analyst-Job... Zwicker & Associates - a debt. collection agency.
- Intermernet 11y agoYep, and good RPG programmers can charge very high rates!
- cafard 11y agoThe other weekend, I grabbed a bit of the Washington Post classifieds to set a paint can on. The first or second ad that I spotted specified JCL, COBOL, and CICS.
- nemmonszz 11y agoI spent a few weeks talking to recruiters while looking for a new job in South-eastern PA and at least half of the jobs that were pitched to me involved at least some amount of AS/400 development.