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From afar it seems easier than ever to learn mainframe. IBM has free courses on z/OS these days (besides the registration) and there are lots of PDF:s hidden aw
by cess11 2y ago
From afar it seems easier than ever to learn mainframe. IBM has free courses on z/OS these days (besides the registration) and there are lots of PDF:s hidden away in blog posts and whatnot on their site. Coursera has some courses too.
- Muromec 2y agoSomebody has to kepp the lights on for stuff that is still out there running on cobol when the current generation retires. Its already a bit of problem with tryung to port it over, as nobody can read it
- cess11 2y agoAll over the world new COBOL developers are made every day. Typically they aren't specifically COBOL developers, they also have background in Java, C# or C++. It's common in institutions that rely on COBOL to have toolchains that generate code for both mainframe and regular applications or SDK:s. In many places it's no longer locked in with greybearded warlocks.
- neverartful 2y agoFor being a user of the mainframe that may be true. For being a systems programmer for the mainframe not true.
- cess11 2y agoWhen I looked into it they offered education in JCL and networking and stuff.
- neverartful 2y agoReading about z/OS systems programming is one thing. Being able to practice with it on a real system is what would likely be missing. You have to have a safe environment to learn on and it's hard to get access to those.
- cess11 2y agoWhy don't you expect "hands-on experience on real mainframe" to be the second sentence when IBM promotes their courses?
- neverartful 2y agoNotice I said as a systems programmer. A systems programmer is the one who would configure system settings (possibly for the whole lpar). Is IBM letting people change settings on the LPAR as part of the course?
- cess11 2y agoWhy are you moving the goal posts? Go look for yourself.