So where does one who finds his hardware + OS skillset becoming obsolete invest new time and energy for learning?

Certainly many of use still have our skills and knowledge that are technology independant, but employers want you to have the technology dependant skills before they hire you.

Linix/Unix/etc, and client/server, web-enabled, and other hot technologies are where a lot of us MPEers are looking to grow. At my employer, however, it looks like there might be nearly as much growth in MVS-based skills.

Will MVS be a survivor, maybe the only survivor, among the proprietary OSes for very large organizations (excluding NT/2000, wherein I choose not to invest too heavily)?

I was an MVS novice (except exellent JCL skills) in 1984 when I left Ma Bell and MVS behind.... and I was glad to do so. I strained against the high segmentation and segregation of roles in the typical MVS shop.  But today, the MVS world looks like a very safe place to be.

What say ye all about MVS as a new haven?

-Dave

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