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To: John Mansfield who wrote (17)	8/6/1999 7:24:00 AM
From: J.L. Turner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

Ed Yourdon's Humpty Dumpty Project yourdon.com J.L.T.

To: John Mansfield who wrote (17)	8/6/1999 10:53:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 662

Hey John--You're closer to this scene than most...Could this be for real? from c.s.y2k-- x26.deja.com[ST_rn=md]/threadmsg_md.xp?thitnum=4&mhitnum=0&CONTEXT=933993924.1903624302&new=0 Subject: A tale of German woe Date: 1999/08/06 Author: Mark <mark3@mindsprin.com> My brother is in Germany interviewing. He wants an Informix position but the first position they shoved at him was a COBOL to C conversion for a stock exchange in Frankfurt. Yes, it's a Y2k project. The contract is a seven month project and since they haven't hired yet, it is going into March, at the very earliest. So we talked about what that means. He's mystified that a stock exchange would not have their conversions done by now or at least by the witching hour. I laughed. Why do programmers always get the word last? He's still struggling with the implications. I begged him not to go. He insisted. I would love to go over there and join the QA team which he is also going to have to manage (if he accepts the position), but I won't. Forget it. I don't want to get stuck over there. And I have a lot of work to do here yet. Sayonara stock exchange. I asked him, "How are they going to do business over the rollover?" He says, "Dunno." He is hoping that somebody is working on some MC modules, but he does not really know if anything is going on yet. They made no mention of having a team in place or having him report to a team leader. He's going to be, "the man", apparently, if he accepts the position. Hmmm. He also said that they are snapping up programmers with ferocity over there. He said the Euro is still draining big brains away from Y2k. Big surprises, huh? No wonder the Brits are putting troops in the streets. A little conditioning, shall we say?