IBM Z Global Student Hub

  • 1.  Lessons from MTM

    Posted Mon July 13, 2020 10:42 PM

    Hey everyone!

    I'm so excited to have met so many of you over the past month! Your enthusiasm for Mainframe is absolutely contagious!

    Are you all getting ready for the Master the Mainframe competition? Those of you who have participated previously, do you have any lessons that you've learned, pieces of advice, strategies, or words of wisdom to share?



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    Julie Gauthier
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  • 2.  RE: Lessons from MTM

    IBM Champion
    Posted Tue July 14, 2020 04:36 AM
    I can't wait for MTM 2020!

    One thing I learned from the previous MTM shows me that mainframe is not as scary and ancient as people might have thought. The newest mainframe from IBM, the IBM z15, was announced September 2019. For me, that is prove that mainframe is still being developed even now.

    Furthermore, there are lots of new ways to develop applications on a mainframe. Many companies are now investing on Eclipse-based editors (like the IBM Developer for z/OS or its younger cousin the IBM Z Open Development) and there are a lot of new things currently being developed, like Zowe which enables us to use VS Code to develop things! So you no longer need to spend your time staring at a green-screen emulator :)

    Therefore, don't be afraid to jump into the world of mainframe. It is a promising career indeed and the community is so friendly! :)

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    Hartanto Ario Widjaya

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hartantoariowidjaya
    Master the Mainframe Slack: https://mtmcompetition.slack.com/team/U013M5YLF7V
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