Comments on: AS/400 career path — Am I redundant? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/am-i-redundant/ Sat, 18 May 2013 14:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: patcoad http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/am-i-redundant/#comment-73308 patcoad Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:02:18 +0000 #comment-73308 The one thing I would add is try and contract your services. That at least will get your feet wet again. I know we kill to have more contract programmers available for the i series especially ones that may still have a good working knowledge of (believe it or not) system 36 programming.

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/am-i-redundant/#comment-73274 tomliotta Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:14:25 +0000 #comment-73274 Can any kid who has no background get into programming? Generally there are courses in languages that you might not know (yet), along with training in techniques and methods.

How much of what you learned before leaving the profession would stand in place of training?

I’ve never heard of a refresher course for this. But I suppose it depends on how you approach things. I’d guess that you weren’t standing still in the past 15 years. You’ve experienced the rise of PCs, the web, web services, everything surrounding all of it. You probably absorbed some knowledge just by having a background.

Consider that a refresher course might be little more than taking a couple significant courses in a couple general languages or technologies such as Java or web development. A qualified project leader for software development should have sufficient fundamentals. The fundamentals haven’t changed — there are only new coverings for them, new interfaces.

Dive into a couple selected courses that appeal to you. Your confidence is the only thing that can get in the way.

Tom

]]> By: philpl1jb http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/am-i-redundant/#comment-73265 philpl1jb Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:06:49 +0000 #comment-73265 Programming is 80% analysis and 20% language skils. Sounds like you’re strong in the important stuff.
Phil

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