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Root causes of the perceived mainframe problem as I see it are: 1. It’s difficult to obtain skilled personnel, that’s it. Why, because you can only truly lear
by 656565656565 6y ago
Root causes of the perceived mainframe problem as I see it are:
1. It’s difficult to obtain skilled personnel, that’s it.
Why, because you can only truly learn mainframe technologies on a mainframe. Hercules and all the things that IBM have done themselves such as MTM, VS Code extensions are not enough. The barrier to learn mainframe technologies is too high.
- the_only_law 6y agoCurious what VS Code extensions have been made for mainframe stuff? Sounds like fun to play with. I agree with your main point though. Occasionally I’ll see someone recommended people to learn COBOL to get a job as if the language is the most relevant part of that industry.
- 656565656565 6y agoZowe and Z Open Editor for integration into Z/OS datasets and UNIX services and support for native datasets and file type editing.