Mainframe Brain Drain
Who wants to start a mainframe consulting company? I’ve always said it was cheaper to do it with mainframes than an army of PCs and everything that comes with PCs. -Brian
From News.com:
The mainframe is often viewed as a cobwebbed hunk of iron that’s only good for housing legacy data. But in 2004, the year Big Iron turned 40, mainframe revenue actually grew by 44 percent compared with the year before.
In one important respect, the mainframe business is showing its age, as the people who know how to maintain these machines steadily join the ranks of the retired.
These days, most computer science programs no longer offer comprehensive mainframe instruction. The absence of new blood comes as nearly 80 percent of the people who work in mainframe support are 50 years of age or older. With more than 70 percent of the world’s digital information residing on the mainframe, companies are now hard-pressed to find skilled staff to support these critical systems.
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: mediaserf
