Good day to everyone,

I hope this post finds everyone doing well.

I am a complete novice to Mainframe technology and would appreciate any and all assistance to begin my learning.  (If I have posted to the incorrect thread, please let me know)

While I have a basic idea of where I would like to start, at the moment I am completely distracted by any and all offerings within the IBM training sphere.

My thoughts at this point in time are that I like the idea of starting with the base OS, day to day operation, scripting and coding (in cobol?). After developing a solid foundation and experience, I am looking to evolve (at this point in time) into design and system architecture. However, I am very interested in investigating any and all options for skills development.

I would really appreciate some assistance in where to begin from a training perspective (available courses and the best training structure for my learning). 

Many thanks for any and all assistance.

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Dwayne Knight
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Hi Dwayne,

Hope you are doing well.

• To get started with mainframe, Mater the Maiframe provides a series of trainings and you can also earn digital badges from there.
• To learn more about COBOL, COBOL Developers is a new tech hub and appeals to developers of all experience levels.

Enjoy your learning!

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Dan Zhang
Content Designer for IBM COBOL Compilers
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri May 22, 2020 03:57 AM
From: Dwayne Knight
Subject: Getting started with IBM Technology Training

Good day to everyone,

I hope this post finds everyone doing well.

I am a complete novice to Mainframe technology and would appreciate any and all assistance to begin my learning.  (If I have posted to the incorrect thread, please let me know)

While I have a basic idea of where I would like to start, at the moment I am completely distracted by any and all offerings within the IBM training sphere.

My thoughts at this point in time are that I like the idea of starting with the base OS, day to day operation, scripting and coding (in cobol?). After developing a solid foundation and experience, I am looking to evolve (at this point in time) into design and system architecture. However, I am very interested in investigating any and all options for skills development.

I would really appreciate some assistance in where to begin from a training perspective (available courses and the best training structure for my learning). 

Many thanks for any and all assistance.

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Dwayne Knight
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