27 Jan
2003
27 Jan
'03
4:21 p.m.
After a *very* brief unemployment, I started at a new job today - as an
OpenVMS Administrator, if you can believe it. One of the more surprising
moments during the interview process was when I was mentioning that I
had a VAX 8200 and a DEC 4000 in my basement, and the boss said, "of
course you do - all you VMS guys run that stuff at home." I've gotten
lots of milage from running older/smaller version of Sun/DEC/etc boxes,
but I'd never run across someone in an interview who *expected* it.
Now back to the side of the table with money, but no time...
-ethan
27 Jan
27 Jan
4:29 p.m.
After a *very* brief unemployment, I started at a new
job today - as an
OpenVMS Administrator, if you can believe it...
What's so unbelieveable about that?
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28 Jan
28 Jan
4:54 a.m.
--- Eric Dittman <dittman(a)dittman.net> wrote:
The ratio of Windows-based job openings compare to *everything else*
in the IT field... I see more Novell postings than VMS, by a wide
margin.
I just didn't expect to be using these skills professionally again. I'm
happy, but surprised.
-ethan
After a *very*
brief unemployment, I started at a new job today - as an
OpenVMS Administrator, if you can believe it...
What's so unbelieveable about that?
5:18 a.m.
After a *very* brief unemployment, I started at a new
job today - as an
OpenVMS Administrator, if you can believe it...
What's so unbelieveable about that? 
27 Jan
27 Jan
4:43 p.m.
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
After a *very* brief unemployment, I started at a new
job today - as an
OpenVMS Administrator, if you can believe it.
Congratulations! I hope the new gig works out well for you. I also
hope you get to work on some VAXen running OpenVMS and not just those
new-fangled Alphas.
-brian.
28 Jan
28 Jan
4:49 a.m.
--- Brian Chase <vaxzilla(a)jarai.org> wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Thanks. Me, too.
...I started at a new job today - as an OpenVMS
Administrator...
Congratulations! I hope the new gig works out well for you. I also hope you get to work on some VAXen running
OpenVMS and not just
those new-fangled Alphas.
No such luck... All modern Alpha hardware, less than a year old,
actually. I still have all the old stuff at my house, though
(VAX 8200, MicroVAXen, 11/750...), along with a couple of Alphas
(DEC 4000-710 & AXPpci33).
I'm now dusting off neurons that have long been in cold storage...
-ethan
7:48 a.m.
Congratulations! I hope the new gig works out well
for you. I also
hope you get to work on some VAXen running OpenVMS and not just those
new-fangled Alphas.
-brian.
Bah! I hope he get's to work on some Itanium 2's running OpenVMS, and not
just VAXen and Alpha's! Gotta stay current!
Zane
8:21 a.m.
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Itaniums are off-topic!!! Oh wait--maybe they aren't? Didn't Intel
start development on that chip about a decade ago?
Bwah ha hah!
-brian.
Congratulations! I hope the new gig works out well for you. I also
hope you get to work on some VAXen running OpenVMS and not just those
new-fangled Alphas.
Bah! I hope he get's to work on some Itanium 2's running OpenVMS, and not
just VAXen and Alpha's! Gotta stay current! 
12:06 a.m.
After a *very* brief unemployment, I started at a new
job today - as an
OpenVMS Administrator, if you can believe it. One of the more surprising
moments during the interview process was when I was mentioning that I
had a VAX 8200 and a DEC 4000 in my basement, and the boss said, "of
course you do - all you VMS guys run that stuff at home." I've gotten
lots of milage from running older/smaller version of Sun/DEC/etc boxes,
but I'd never run across someone in an interview who *expected* it.
Heheheheh. Now if only I can find a residency where they expect applicants
to use Commodore 64s.
Congrats :-)
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