Submitted by pcs305 on Wed, 2009-09-16 11:08
With all this talk of Mainframer's retiring and the resulting shortage of mainframe skills it will cause. I think we should take another poll and see where we stand. The previous poll was back in March of 2007 and you can take a look at it here: link. Here are some of the recent articles talking about Mainframer's retiring: Network World IT Toolbox CA Mainframe Survey
More than 10 years away
50% (145 votes)
6 to 10 years away
25% (73 votes)
3 to 5 years away
13% (37 votes)
1 to 2 years away
5% (16 votes)
6 months to a year
2% (7 votes)
Within 6 months.
2% (6 votes)
I am retired.
1% (4 votes)
I'm semi-retired, doing occasional consulting work
1% (4 votes)
Total voters: 292
Who are these retirees still monitoring the CICS-L ;-)
They should get together and write a CICS handbook!