Bullsh*t of the day

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Ignis Fatuus replied

9 March 2011, 14:12
Originally posted by monobrow View Post

OI!, I started out life on IBM 4381's CMS VM!! yes.. VM.. yes, virtual machines! sod VMware, IBM have been doing it for decades!

IBM basically nailed data processing decades ago. Some of their old solutions have been re-invented, usually in an inferier implementation; and some haven't even re-invented yet. Hmmm.
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monobrow replied

9 March 2011, 09:02
Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post

Here we go. Something for the dinosaurs, there are jobs going in Warsaw for IBM mainframe developers:

IBM Mainframe Developers - Retail Banking - Warsaw, Poland
Salary:Market6Location:Warsaw, PolandJob Type:AnyDate Posted:03-Mar-2011 11:34Add to My Shortlist
We are recruiting to support a major retail banking programme in Warsaw, Poland. They are seeking permanent placements with Mainframe Development experience covering COBOL / CICS / DB2 skills and Systematics application experience. Candidates will be employed on an 'open-ended' contract at local rates, circa £30k per annum with low living costs and lower local taxation rates. The target is...

Its that old "open ended contract" thing again where it is such a fantastic job (quite where the lower tax comes from I dont know) that you get a permie rate but without the permie benefits. I think this is an opportunity for those IBM mainframers (who are still alive) who would otherwise be supplementing their pensions at B&Q

OI!, I started out life on IBM 4381's CMS VM!! yes.. VM.. yes, virtual machines! sod VMware, IBM have been doing it for decades!
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Ignis Fatuus replied

8 March 2011, 20:10
I can do all that stuff, I did it in depth for 19 years. But since then I've had 5 years of client/server followed by 10 years of CRM, so obviously any agent that I mentioned it to would tell me patiently/with a smirk that I'm not worth considering for it because my experience is not recent. Twats.
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xoggoth replied

8 March 2011, 19:14
COBOL? That old hat? But if they need any PL/1 programmers please let me know.
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suityou01 replied

8 March 2011, 18:28
You get the lower rate of tax by being out of blighty for 5/6ths of the time.

I hope they can't find anyone.
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DodgyAgent started a topic Bullsh*t of the day

8 March 2011, 18:20
Bullsh*t of the day

Here we go. Something for the dinosaurs, there are jobs going in Warsaw for IBM mainframe developers:

IBM Mainframe Developers - Retail Banking - Warsaw, Poland
Salary:Market6Location:Warsaw, PolandJob Type:AnyDate Posted:03-Mar-2011 11:34Add to My Shortlist
We are recruiting to support a major retail banking programme in Warsaw, Poland. They are seeking permanent placements with Mainframe Development experience covering COBOL / CICS / DB2 skills and Systematics application experience. Candidates will be employed on an 'open-ended' contract at local rates, circa £30k per annum with low living costs and lower local taxation rates. The target is...

Its that old "open ended contract" thing again where it is such a fantastic job (quite where the lower tax comes from I dont know) that you get a permie rate but without the permie benefits. I think this is an opportunity for those IBM mainframers (who are still alive) who would otherwise be supplementing their pensions at B&Q
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