We have a position to fill for an MCP support person, dedicated to a single account. As one might expect, there aren't a plethora of MCP-experienced folks banging down our door for the job. We are getting folks with deep IBM backgrounds (Z/OS, CICS,etc.)
Here's my question - would those of you who have worked in both camps (MCP and Z/OS) consider such a person a good candidate? I"ve worked in MCP systems for 45 years and have never touched an IBM environment.
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
On 10/24/2023 1:10 PM, ramseyhere wrote:
We have a position to fill for an MCP support person, dedicated to a
single account. As one might expect, there aren't a plethora of
MCP-experienced folks banging down our door for the job. We are
getting folks with deep IBM backgrounds (Z/OS, CICS, etc.)
Here's my question - would those of you who have worked in both camps
(MCP and Z/OS) consider such a person a good candidate? I"ve worked
in MCP systems for 45 years and have never touched an IBM environment.
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
Since no one else has responded, I thought I would throw in my 2 cents.
While both Z/OS and MCP systems are mainframes, and so such a candidate
would benefit from the "mainframe mindset", i.e. the importance of up
time, the discipline in making changes, multi-user environment, etc.
there are profound differences between the two systems, so any specific knowledge is simply not applicable.
Hope this helps.
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