I've been a mainframe programmer for 45 years. I came late to the game and so many of my fellow programmers retired years ago. Nothing against Indian programmers, but rather against the consulting firms that hire them at slave wages. The problem is that even though they have good computer skills they don't have the business knowledge and…
I've been a mainframe programmer for 45 years. I came late to the game and so many of my fellow programmers retired years ago. Nothing against Indian programmers, but rather against the consulting firms that hire them at slave wages. The problem is that even though they have good computer skills they don't have the business knowledge and therefore have trouble analyzing a problem, mod or new system. The business users have also been retiring so it takes much longer for them to get anything accomplished. At the previous contract I was the only person born in the US out of a team of 30. They were all good technicians but they brought me in to assist with analysis and problem solving since I was familiar with the systems they were running. Additionally, the turnover at these firms is very high since a dollar an hour raise will lure most of them away.
One would think the creation of the problems was deliberate. Seems more likely, than unintended consequences. Maybe just greed at the top. Usually explains a lot.
I've been a mainframe programmer for 45 years. I came late to the game and so many of my fellow programmers retired years ago. Nothing against Indian programmers, but rather against the consulting firms that hire them at slave wages. The problem is that even though they have good computer skills they don't have the business knowledge and therefore have trouble analyzing a problem, mod or new system. The business users have also been retiring so it takes much longer for them to get anything accomplished. At the previous contract I was the only person born in the US out of a team of 30. They were all good technicians but they brought me in to assist with analysis and problem solving since I was familiar with the systems they were running. Additionally, the turnover at these firms is very high since a dollar an hour raise will lure most of them away.
One would think the creation of the problems was deliberate. Seems more likely, than unintended consequences. Maybe just greed at the top. Usually explains a lot.