Let me start this blog by introducing the key characters. My bname is Julia Jenkins. I am a 50-something career programmer. Married with three children, two dogs and a cat. I've been working with the same company for over 26 years. I love the intracacies, and I truly love sharing my knowledge.
My adventure was initiated by my employer who has offices in several of the United States and an office in Hyderabad, India. We recently hired our first group of mainframe developers, and I am part of a group tasked with training our new teammates.
My supervisor, Rick Scott, has been working with the same company for over 19 years. He is very passionate about what we do too. Rick is a big man, and he readily acknowledges that if Santa Claus took ill one year, he could easily take Santa's place and no one would be the wiser. Well, except for the balding patch at the top of his head.
My cohorts in this adventure are Cathy, Archie and Vinay.
Cathy is a strong CICS programmer and is Rick's right-hand person. She keeps track of almost everything! Cathy is a petite blond who is easygoing and very active.
Archie does some batch (straight COBOL) and CICS. He is the calm to our storm. Archie is originally from the Philippines. He is quiet only in voice. He also relies on crutches to get around.
Vinay is a native of India. When the groundwork of our trip was being laid, it was decided that we needed someone from India to be part of the group. While Vinay does not report directly to Rick, everyone agreed he was necessary to our team.
Vinay reports up through Scott Greenbaum, who is Rick's management counterpart. Scott also traveled to India, though his length of stay is not as long as the rest of us. Scott is relatively new to mainframe processing. His expertise is more of the web and GUI disciplines. He recently moved over to mainframe development, and his experience with servers, etc. has been invaluable in our preparations for this trip.
And then there's Cebil (ceb-ill, emphasis on the 'ill'). Cebil is a trainer at our company. He understands the system from the user perspective, and he primarily travels teaching the various systems of MSP. Cebil is a world traveler, he loves people, and he is up for trying almost everything at least once.
This is Cebil's third trip to India. His portion of the training is up front and lasts only a week. Mortgages, escrows, loans, none of these terms are used in India. Cebil's responsibility is to introduce these concepts, thus laying the groundwork for the rest of us.
And there you have it! Introduction 101. Stay tuned for more about our adventures in India!
My adventure was initiated by my employer who has offices in several of the United States and an office in Hyderabad, India. We recently hired our first group of mainframe developers, and I am part of a group tasked with training our new teammates.
My supervisor, Rick Scott, has been working with the same company for over 19 years. He is very passionate about what we do too. Rick is a big man, and he readily acknowledges that if Santa Claus took ill one year, he could easily take Santa's place and no one would be the wiser. Well, except for the balding patch at the top of his head.
My cohorts in this adventure are Cathy, Archie and Vinay.
Cathy is a strong CICS programmer and is Rick's right-hand person. She keeps track of almost everything! Cathy is a petite blond who is easygoing and very active.
Archie does some batch (straight COBOL) and CICS. He is the calm to our storm. Archie is originally from the Philippines. He is quiet only in voice. He also relies on crutches to get around.
Vinay is a native of India. When the groundwork of our trip was being laid, it was decided that we needed someone from India to be part of the group. While Vinay does not report directly to Rick, everyone agreed he was necessary to our team.
Vinay reports up through Scott Greenbaum, who is Rick's management counterpart. Scott also traveled to India, though his length of stay is not as long as the rest of us. Scott is relatively new to mainframe processing. His expertise is more of the web and GUI disciplines. He recently moved over to mainframe development, and his experience with servers, etc. has been invaluable in our preparations for this trip.
And then there's Cebil (ceb-ill, emphasis on the 'ill'). Cebil is a trainer at our company. He understands the system from the user perspective, and he primarily travels teaching the various systems of MSP. Cebil is a world traveler, he loves people, and he is up for trying almost everything at least once.
This is Cebil's third trip to India. His portion of the training is up front and lasts only a week. Mortgages, escrows, loans, none of these terms are used in India. Cebil's responsibility is to introduce these concepts, thus laying the groundwork for the rest of us.
And there you have it! Introduction 101. Stay tuned for more about our adventures in India!
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