There are a very few hereditary mainframers out there. You know: people whose parents, grandparents or other progenitors worked on the IBM mainframe, either directly for IBM or one of the other members of our ecosystem in a mainframe role and passed the mantle on to them. But there are quite a few more of us who have found that we belong “in the family” due to the compatibility of our background with the concepts, culture and technology of the mainframe, and have found ourselves warmly welcomed when we were recognized as “one of us” after demonstrating a natural fit with the platform.
In the case of Connor Krukosky, he has had multiple generations preparing him to be a mainframer – and, of course, multiple generations accepting him on to the platform as one of our own. Read more.