Knowing how to read an 80 column card wouldn't have changed that.  I 
would guess that your OO skills are sorely lacking compared to the 20 
odd year olds working for me.  From my perspective, I seriously 
question someone who is spending all this time in an attempt to 
reproduce MPEX in COBOL on a platform that is fast dying, learning 
how to use AIF's and worried about reported extents on a file instead 
of spending time trying to remain viable by learning a useful skill 
like php/mysql web applications or AJAX.

At 02:28 PM 12/1/2005, Brian Donaldson wrote:
><<Yeah, but why should they? If you are never going to hang a tape or  punch
>a
>card, who cares? Most people under the age of 45 can't start a car  with a
>manual choke (probably don't know what a manual choke even is), but  that
>doesn't prevent them from being perfectly good drivers.  >>
>
>No, but you would expect your mechanic to be *knowledgable*  about manual and
>auto trannies as well as a host of other things that makes your vehicle
>tick......
>
>For the amount of $$$ you are paying them to maintain/fix up your vehicle
>you
>would want the most knowledgable mechanic working on your car/truck/Hummer
>whatever...
>
>Some time ago I paid a ludicrous amount of money to my  local Toyota dealer
>for major
>under the hood work on my truck-- valve job, head gasket job etc  etc...
>
>You think I'd trust that kind of work to some joker at the local Chevron or
>76 station ??
>
>The point isn't whether they know about write rings or inter-block gaps  etc,
>the point is that
>these 4g/l jokers don't have an all-round enough knowledge for my  liking.
>
>Case in point --
>
>I've worked in places where I found these people (not just guys but girls
>too) to be very
>dangerous -- had some guy labeled as "Web Site Manager" in the computer  room
>trying to re-configure a Web Server (pc), pulling out cables etc and who
>stupidly enough
>brought the 3000 to its knees that day. In the middle of production! A real
>jackass.
>I completely lost it and threw him out of "my" computer room. I've also
>worked in places
>where they would have fired him for doing a lot less than that.......
>
>
>Brian.
>
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Regards,

Shawn Gordon
President
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www.mindawn.com
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