Jon Sayles talks IDz, training your people and life on Z

Z DevOps Talks

English - December 09, 2019 18:00 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MB
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Previous Episode: Rosalind Radcliffe talks Z DevOps, IDEs on Z and IBM Z

Next Episode: Sanjay Chandru talks Z DevOps culture, making Z unremarkable, BYOI, Shift-Left development and the profundity of life

As promised folks, we present this season’s Episode 2 featuring the man, the myth, the legend; Jon Sayles. Jon is equal parts most interesting man in the world, fountain of knowledge, and extoller of IBM’s Developer for z/OS.

In this episode, Jon shared with us his thoughts on topics including:

ADFz/IDz and the modern workbench
Why developers say they are faster on ISPF 3270
The impact of confirmation bias on deciding to adopt new tools, resources, and methodologies
Institutional knowledge – what is it even?
Training your people, and training them well
A story about Autocoder
Various other musings on the Z-life