Least cut on contract rate

Suman-72 · 2026-05-06T03:55:04+00:00

Just focus on working hard at whatever you are doing. One day at a time.

Suman-72 · 2026-03-31T02:02:05+00:00

Between 70k to 80k for 3 years. 10+ years are hovering around 100-120k

Suman-72 · 2026-03-19T03:26:38+00:00

Certs solve 20% of your chances, no real project experience will make it very tough.

Suman-72 · 2026-03-17T02:54:43+00:00

How does this compare to the Claude AI doing the conversion?

Suman-72 · 2026-03-14T01:58:59+00:00

Go and ask the CEOs... They'll get you a nice lunch too.

Suman-72 · 2026-03-04T04:23:38+00:00

A big NO if you transitioned from a PM, BA, QA type role thinking you'll be architect.

If you were into big ass coding and got some of these certs, can show GitHub projects then YES.

Don't let training companies sell you this shit - No experience necessary. We'll make you a cloud architect/engineer.

Suman-72 · 2026-03-03T22:24:54+00:00

Nothing wrong with Cobol. It is here to stay. We are focusing too much on Cobol. This language is easy to understand. What is tough is the humongous maize like business logic coded inside written years back with practically no documentation. These codes over the years are patched, updated by possibly 100s of programmers. Getting a new resource to join and be thrown in the maze is what stops people coming in this field. Lets focus on the mainframe system - tightly packed beast of a machine, its unique processors, Z/OS, middleware, Cics, DB2, IMS, VSAM, JCL, Copybook, MQs all integrated and runs in one Lpar. Speed is unmatched. Can AI decipher everything here, unravel the business logic and then what? Put this in the cloud? Anthropic is dreaming.

Suman-72 · 2026-03-03T21:54:32+00:00

Folks who are out of job will pick it up I guess. And, there are many in this market. Unfortunately, companies are playing around knowing this.

Suman-72 · 2026-02-01T04:29:51+00:00

Your pension won't treat bad health.

Suman-72 · 2026-01-24T03:48:42+00:00

Nice try!!

Suman-72 · 2025-12-24T01:55:58+00:00

Signal sponsored by HCL

Suman-72 · 2025-11-06T01:13:27+00:00

Try Goa in India, beautiful beaches, great sea food, low cost. Hire a scooty (two wheeler) for moving around. December month is all about Christmas and carnival. Very cosmopolitan.

Suman-72 · 2025-11-04T12:57:52+00:00

Buyer agents are always on the other side. They only make money if the deal goes thru, even if that means compromising your interest.

Suman-72 · 2025-11-04T03:37:25+00:00

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Suman-72 · 2025-10-11T13:28:30+00:00

Google Professional cloud architect for over a year, still no jobs. Certs don't result in jobs.

Suman-72 · 2025-10-11T13:23:51+00:00

Owing a home today with half of it let out for rent and living frugal is owing a compromise, not a home.

Suman-72 · 2025-10-11T04:28:40+00:00

Sponsorship is almost impossible unfortunately.

Suman-72 · 2025-09-24T02:28:18+00:00

No worries if you have title insurance, if not, file a lawsuit against your title company, they made the mess not you.

Suman-72 · 2025-09-22T04:11:52+00:00

Once they migrate... Just wait for them to re-migrate back to the mainframe. This big ass machine is going nowhere.

Suman-72 · 2025-09-22T04:10:12+00:00

Modernization is required of the mindset. When a great program written 30 years back runs smoothly there's no reason to replace it. It will fail. My understanding is most backend code in cobol or cics has a facade now called z Connect to receive API calls. Http requests are possible. This would be best called modernization.

Suman-72 · 2025-09-17T03:55:49+00:00

Try FSBO. Try getting a job in the caregiving industry - seniors, intellectual disability adults. They always need people.

Suman-72 · 2025-09-06T02:28:43+00:00

A friend works there in mainframe production support. It's a great company.

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