Where Have All the IT Jobs Gone?
"My gripe is about those that do the same thing day after day, never improving their skills, only knowing RPG III, not knowing HTML or JavaScript and then gripe like hell when they're laid off and can't find new work." There isn't one person that I know who is insisting on an RPG III job, Chuck. They are RPG programmers, with varying levels of ILE ability, and at least passing knowledge of browsers. They may not know HTML, but if you put that down as a requirement, I'm sure they can learn it. You're willing to teach somebody offshore your business, you should be willing to let someone who has a solid programming background learn a new skill as well. How much HTML do they have to know, Chuck? Concrete facts, man. How much JavaScript? What do they need it for and why? You want an RPG programmer to be a web developer, but I guarantee you're not finding outsourced web development labor that knows RPG. Joe
"My gripe is about those that do the same thing day after day, never improving their skills, only knowing RPG III, not knowing HTML or JavaScript and then gripe like hell when they're laid off and can't find new work." There isn't one person that I know who is insisting on an RPG III job, Chuck. They are RPG programmers, with varying levels of ILE ability, and at least passing knowledge of browsers. They may not know HTML, but if you put that down as a requirement, I'm sure they can learn it. You're willing to teach somebody offshore your business, you should be willing to let someone who has a solid programming background learn a new skill as well. How much HTML do they have to know, Chuck? Concrete facts, man. How much JavaScript? What do they need it for and why? You want an RPG programmer to be a web developer, but I guarantee you're not finding outsourced web development labor that knows RPG. Joe
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