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How to Explain a DB2 SQL Command for a single table

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:19:00 +0000

I've just published this how-to in ehow.com and I thought you would enjoy if I shared it here with you as well. Introduction When an SQL is executed against or bound to a DB2 database DB2 Optimizer...

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Learn about the business, technical skills are not enough

noreply@blogger.com (Cicero) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:31:00 +0000

This is a small article I wrote last week. Every big company knows the importance of having a strong Information Technology department capable of delivering high-quality products i.e., efficient...

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External article: Confessions of a terrible programmer

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:57:00 +0000

This post is very interesting: Confessions of a terrible programmer. An experienced programmer break some assumptions and look at the programmer's job from a different perspective full of irony....

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External article: How to recognize a good programmer

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:36:00 +0000

Here is an interesting article: How to recognise a good programmer. It focus mainly on technical skills, characteristics of highly skilled programmers and how to recgonise them when hiring a...

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A good DB2 for mainframe page

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:12:00 +0000

For those of you interested in learning DB2, this site is a very good source of information related to mainframe. The content is clean and right to the point with lots of examples and code...

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IT skills for 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:14:00 +0000

I came across a very interesting article from itWorldCanada about important IT skills that can help you get a job in 2008 and, as I have been saying, business knowledge is one of them. There is a...

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Not only programmers but Power Programmers

noreply@blogger.com (Cicero) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:54:00 +0000

I started this blog to help people that work in big companies. I have been working in mainframe environment for ten years, playing different roles. I also developed a small Project Management system...

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Power Programming Point: The importance of soft skills

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:18:00 +0000

In today's business market where we can find a great amount of highly skilled developers, soft skills are setting apart the most successful workers inside a company. Now that I have more than ten...

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Important ideas for Power Programmers

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:06:00 +0000

In order to succeed in today's business world you must be more than just a programmer. You must be a Power Programmer, a technician capable of delivering the best solutions, in less time, with less...

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Cobol and Artificial Intelligence: Can we make a match?

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:36:00 +0000

I have always been interested in Artificial Intelligence. I think it is one of the limits to what we can do, yet. Last night I came across some guidelines to help in creating a Mind using COBOL. I...

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How is COBOL today?

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:35:00 +0000

I finally came across a fair article about COBOL looking at it from a business point of view instead of a technical one. Many IT theorists have been claiming COBOL's death for decades but I believe...

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When programmers and analysts can't compreehend each other

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:25:00 +0000

I like to believe that programmers are becoming extinct. They should be giving place to analyst-programmers or developers. The difference? While programmers depend on someone to tell them which...

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Power Programming Point: Cobol/DB2 - A Powerful Duo

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:15:00 +0000

When you integrate COBOL and DB2 in a mainframe environment you can certainly expect for a very efficient acess to your data whether your SQL access is direct or not. To improve your results you can...

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Power Programming Point: Is Mainframe Cobol still dying?

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:33:00 +0000

I have been working in the IT field, with COBOL, for more than ten years and since I started Cobol's death is being declared. It was my first year in University, I remember the professor saying,...

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Welcome to the Power Programming Point

noreply@blogger.com (Power Programming Point) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:56:00 +0000

Hi, there I know many programmers are happy with the way they deal with their amount of work or their tasks, but there are ways to improve the results of their work. Here, at the Power Programming...

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