In The Spotlight
John Ghrist discusses the issues associated with the dwindling RPG talent pool and how to solve them for the future with two IBM i industry leaders.
By John Ghrist
It’s been a growing issue for many years now that as developers with years of RPG programming experience under their belts head into retirement, the enterprises that have depended on them to maintain the RPG-based IBM i apps that run those companies’ businesses have an urgent need to hire new talent. The dual problem that most human resources departments encounter in trying to fill that need is that the hiring departments want new developers who can step into outgoing developers’ shoes and be productive immediately, but the most logical candidates for these jobs – students currently learning programming languages in colleges – aren’t learning ILE-RPG.