Michael, take an intro to Visual Basic course (make sure it's a true
.NET course).  I think you'll be impressed, and find it fun.  You'll
likely want to add C# to your repertoire, but you'll find learning OO
concepts, the .NET world and how to use Visual Studio much easier
learning VB than C#. 

Also, take a class in SQL Server; again, a very impressive product.


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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Michael
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 2:20 PM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] Life after the HP3000 (Career Guidance Requested)

I always thought I would outlive the HP3000, but funny thing happened -
after 
18 years of working for the same company who used HP3000s -- the HP3000s

are still there and I am not. Now I'm living unemployed in a
non-mainframe 
world as a 45-year old with only mainframe skills. I'd love to hear
other 
people's stories of how they made that adjustment -- in terms of what
sort of 
retraining was done, other alternative paths taken, etc. I'm especially 
interested in what my next steps should be to retool for the .NET
environment 
as that seems to be predominent in my region of the country. Thanks!

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