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Talsco Weekly: The Future of the RPG developer depends on this

May 18, 2023 by patrick staudacher

The Future of RPG Developers Talsco Weekly

Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief:  The Push To Modernize the IBM i. Watsonx: AI for the IBM i platform. Development:  Do you know what QSHCURL is? Learning:  The Future of the RPG developer depends on this. Hiring:  Don’t Panic About RPG Developer Retirements: How Training and Open-Source Languages Can Ensure […]

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Filed Under: Career, Development, Hiring, Leadership, News, Newsletter Tagged With: AI, AS/400, Ibm, IBM i, IBM i Modernization, Open source, RPG, Rpg Developer, RPG Developers

Don’t Panic About RPG Developer Retirements: How Training and Open-Source Languages Can Ensure a Smooth Transition

May 18, 2023 by patrick staudacher

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As RPG developers on the IBM i platform reach retirement age, it has led to a concern about the availability of RPG Developers and the potential impact it will have on businesses that rely on mission critical RPG applications.

The one thing that needs to be addressed is that the availability of RPG developers, or the lack thereof, is not as big of an issue as one might think when it comes to the future of the IBM i platform.

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Filed Under: Hiring Tagged With: AS/400, Ibm, IBM i, Javascript, Node.js, Open source, Retirements, RPG, Rpg Developer, RPG Developers

Talsco Weekly: The New Development Toys for the IBM i

November 10, 2022 by patrick staudacher

Talsco Weekly Development Toys for IBM i

Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly Development:  The New Development Toys for the IBM i. Visual Studio Code and RPGLE. Db2:  The hidden history of Db2. AI:  IBMs Strategic Partnerships help AI Adoption. Hiring:  Why It Pays to Be Sceptical About Behaviour Tests. Development The New Development Toys for the IBM i “From Merlin […]

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Filed Under: Career, Development, Hiring, Newsletter Tagged With: AI, API, DB2, RDi, RPG, rpgle

Talsco Weekly: News, Data, Careers & Modernization for IBM i

July 1, 2022 by patrick staudacher

IBM i hiring and career Talsco Weekly

Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly News:  Infor to stop developing on-prem software for IBM iSeries. Data:  IBM Mulls Using DataMigrator as Cloud Warehouse Pipeline. Hiring:  IT hiring: 5 challenges with emerging technologies. Modernization:  There are Unicorns on the Mainframe. Career:  A subtle mistake about how to aquire useful career skills. News Infor to […]

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Filed Under: Career, Hiring, News, Newsletter Tagged With: datamigrator, datawarehouse, ERP

Talsco Weekly: IBM i Latest Trends, API and Development

January 26, 2022 by patrick staudacher

Talsco weekly internet of things

Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly Development:  The Best Language for RPG Developers to Learn. Is COBOL on IBM i Experiencing a Renaissance?. Trends:  10 IoT technology trends to watch in 2022. Hiring:  How to Attract and Hire RPG Developers. API:  APIs: The secret ingredient for one company’s massive tech leap. Development The Best […]

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Filed Under: Career, Development, Hiring, Newsletter Tagged With: API, api development, COBOL, development, IBM i, Iot

The IBM i Market Needs to Pivot

March 5, 2020 by patrick staudacher

IBM i market pivots to hire talent

Photo by Keith Johnston on Unsplash Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly News:  Skytap and Azure offer migration services.  Profound Logic Modernization Survey. Career:  Should you accept a salary cut? Hiring:  A shift to hiring apprentices.  The talent drought in the cloud market. Leadership:  Upskilling in the IT market.  Follow the Brewers lead when it comes to staffing. […]

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The IBM i Market Hires For Natural Talent

March 5, 2020 by patrick staudacher

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Photo by Lesly Juarez on Unsplash The IBM i market needs to pivot and hire for natural talent. What do the Milwaukee Brewers have to do with hiring and leadership? A lot. While you might not be a Brewer fan, the Manager of the Brewers, Craig Counsell has proven his leadership and ability to adapt and engineer his […]

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Dusting Off An AS/400

July 18, 2019 by patrick staudacher

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Dusting Off An AS/400 It’s interesting learning about the perceptions people have about the AS/400 when they first come across it.  Keep in mind we fully understand that this platform is no longer called the AS/400 and it has been called its current name, the IBM i, since 2008. Nevertheless, I stumbled upon this blog […]

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Filed Under: Career, Hiring, Newsletter Tagged With: AS400 Modernization, Hiring, IBM i, Python, Rpg Developer

The New Crop of RPG Developers

June 20, 2019 by patrick staudacher

New RPG Developers

What Are New RPG Developers saying? It’s hard to argue that IBM i (AS/400) shops are starting to see the affects of retiring RPG Developers. Keep in mind that a retiring workforce is not isolated to the RPG Developer community.  There are countless verticals, industry domains, and technology stacks that face the same problem. Take […]

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Filed Under: Hiring, Modernization, Newsletter Tagged With: Hiring RPG Developers, IBM i Modernization, RPG Developers

Train RPG Developers with imPower Technologies

March 7, 2019 by patrick staudacher

Train RPG Developers with imPower Technologies

The smart (new) way to train RPG Developers There seems to be a lot of concern with how we are going to deal with the shortage of RPG Developers in the future. In reality, the solution is really not that difficult. Find individuals with natural talent.  Then train them in RPG. Sounds simple enough.  But, the […]

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Filed Under: Hiring, Newsletter Tagged With: Hiring RPG Developers, RPG Developers, RPG training

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