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Re:The mainframe is alive and thriving by lotsofpulp on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:23PM (#26426523)
The pay for people who know and understand mainframes is insufficient to incentivize people to become knowledgeable and familiar with mainframes.

It has nothing to do with bootcamps. If the mainframe knowledge was in sufficient demand, then they would be selling mainframe training too since people would be wanting to buy it.

Re:The mainframe is alive and thriving by tablespoon on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:30PM (#26426613)
> It has nothing to do with bootcamps. If the mainframe knowledge was in sufficient demand, then they would be selling mainframe training too since people would be wanting to buy it.

A large part of that is probably due to American management practices, where the preference is to skimp on maintenance until they find themselves in a crisis. They don't want to pay for what they need, they want to pay for whatever is cheap.

Re:The mainframe is alive and thriving by goatinaboat on Thursday March 11, 2021 @02:12PM (#26427784)
The pay for people who know and understand mainframes is insufficient to incentivize people to become knowledgeable and familiar with mainframes

Maybe, but it may also be true that people simply aren't aware that mainframes exist or these jobs exist.