After a busy week at SHARE and saturating myself with mainframe knowledge, I return to Sugar Land with the feeling of being rejuvenated. Sessions and labs, long days and short nights, newbies and experts - quite an invigorating week. Or as my dad would say, a big drink from the fire hose!
As expected, the quality of the sessions was of the highest caliber, and the networking opportunities helped me to expand my web of contacts. I especially appreciated the IMS, SCLM and zIIP sessions. Being able to interact with the expert speakers made the content even more valuable and personally relevant.
The project I manage at SHARE, zNextGen, held a wonderful slate of sessions that included student and university professor speakers. We covered educational and career related topics that spoke to the more than 60 zNextGen members in attendance. It was great to see new faces at SHARE, including new mainframers and students from around the world. The excitement around our project was a testimant to me that we are headed in the right direction and succeeding at bringing in new energy to mainframes and SHARE.