Linked by Jeffrey Boulier on Wed 12th Mar 2003 04:44 UTC
Some users swear by Aqua interface of MacOS X, others proclaim the desktop-readiness of Linux, the polished presence of Windows XP, or expound upon the stately Solaris as the ultimate operating system. All of these users are wimps.
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...to get a day job doing mainframe programming
(COBOL,JCL,DB2,EASYTRIEVE) so you can work somewhat
"normal" hours (i.e 7-9 per day) (as opposed to a
many PC programming jobs where you're doing 12+ hour
days) so you can
a) have more of a life
b) have more time outside of work to spend
programming the stuff you really like
(for me C++, x86 assembly, and PHP)
Yeah, I don't make as much money as some C++,
Java, .net type programmers but I do pretty
good financially and the mainframe job market
seems a little more stable than the PC programming
market. Sure, I'm on call nearly every weekend
but I don't get called much as I singlehandedly
support the mainframe application I program for
and mainframes are just rock solid compared to
the other systems at the company I work for. Even
though I don't really fit the mold for a mainframe
programmer (I'm much younger than all of my coworkers),
I'd rather be doing this than doing support for the
thousands of NT servers our company has. Those poor
desktop and server support people (a lot of interns)
have it rough. The web based mail servers on NT boxes
are always going down. They could replace a lot of
those with Linux servers but this company is in pretty
deep with the Dark Side (if you know what I mean).