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Read the whole post with a smile on my face. Immigrated to a few blocks away from where you mentioned, also from Ukraine, in 1995. Both parents attempted takin
by yan 13y ago
Read the whole post with a smile on my face.
Immigrated to a few blocks away from where you mentioned, also from Ukraine, in 1995. Both parents attempted taking similar courses. Mom stuck it out while cleaning houses during the daytime, Dad realized it wasn't for him but also struggled between jobs.
My mom turned sixty this year and last I spoke to her today at 10:30pm, was busy at work, trying to finish deploying a new release at the office. She's been a COBOL engineer (yeah..) with a hectic schedule for the last fifteen years.
Not sure where I'm going with this, but from bringing today's Google Doodle to her attention, to reading and clearly heavily related to this, to seeing Derek's post on life on the front page, I think I should call my parents and thank them again for moving our family into the unknown and trying to make it through herculean efforts.
- danielrakh 13y agoSimilar story here. We never understood the magnitude of what our parents sacrificed when we were younger. But it's truly inspiring now.
- jmspring 13y ago"trying to finish deploying a new release at the office. She's been a COBOL engineer (yeah..) with a hectic schedule for the last fifteen years" COBOL engineers are a narrowing breed. Tried venturing into learning it a few times. I sometimes wonder if those dealing with legacy systems have been subjected to new fangled methodologies like agile and scrum. The statement quoted just brought that thought to mind.
- fuzzix 13y ago> "I sometimes wonder if those dealing with legacy systems have been subjected to new fangled methodologies like agile and scrum" I doubt it. I worked as a Mainframe programmer (in this century). Revision control consisted of printing your full current version of the code and inserting it into the project's binder.