Re:The Completely Different World of Python with IBM i
by j1o1h1n on Friday August 21, 2015 @12:46AM
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From the job ad earlier:
> Some P/A's will take a rotating weekly shift to monitor the nightly job process to ensure no program errors interfere with the completion of any jobs running off hours.
Re:The Completely Different World of Python with IBM i
by nickpsecurity on Friday August 21, 2015 @01:15AM
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Meaning that deployment totally sucks lol. The companies I've worked at pretty much forget they're there minus one person or so that looks into periodic maintenance, etc. Usually the people who use specific, legacy apps on it know it's there because it greets them with an AS/400 banner. Otherwise, most people don't know it's there because it handles backend stuff, it doesn't crash necessitating tech support, and nobody shows up to work on it. It's just... there.
Basically, what cloud and SOA's are trying to achieve these days. Not there yet, but at least they're innovating. And some use interfaces and languages that aren't horrible. :)
Now, they've added to their all-in-one, largely-self-managing system the Python language with its easy maintenance, reliability, and productivity. Fits right in. Adding Python is always a smart move. The combo of IBM i and Python will be great for that community that's been stuck with IBM's crap software so far. Might get more of them on the other side, too, as they explore fun programming. :)