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vidyakrishna
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| Hi I was working with mainframes before 2 years and took 2 years break from my job now.Planninfg to restart my carrier now but really worried about opportunities in mainframes.When i look at job sites i don't see much opportunities now.Do we have future for mainframes.Which combination really show us some exciting opportunities...Please post some opportunities if any one is aware of.... |
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Binop B
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MadanVS
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I dont think there are any recruitments happening alteast for core mainframes (COBOL/DB2/JCL).
Have seen things for VPlus.
I got advise from ppl to switch to DWH.
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Madhan |
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Akatsukami
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| MadanVS wrote: |
| I dont think there are any recruitments happening alteast for core mainframes (COBOL/DB2/JCL). |
Except for this recruitment on behalf of IBM and this one on behalf of CTS.
What seems to be happening is rather a narrowing of the experience "window"; too little, and a software engineer can't be marketed to even an American IT executive anymore; too much, and he is at least presumed to have priced himself out of the market. |
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Ed Goodman
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"too little, and a software engineer can't be marketed to even an American IT executive anymore"
Now that's funny. It's sad, and true, but funny.
The other end, pricing out of the market, implies entry level work. Which may actually be the problem. I think most of the low hanging fruit has been picked, and companies are expecting more quality work for their money. Maybe 'quality' isn't the right word. It's more like 'well thought out based on having done this kind of thing before.' |
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Akatsukami
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| Ed Goodman wrote: |
| The other end, pricing out of the market, implies entry level work. Which may actually be the problem. I think most of the low hanging fruit has been picked, and companies are expecting more quality work for their money. |
In the 1950s, "Made in Japan" implied "cheap junk"; in the 1980s, it implied "cutting-edge technology and quality craftsmanship". More recently, "Made in China" has embarked on that same evolution. I don't think that "Indian IT outsourcing" has really begun yet. |
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