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IBM Mainframe Contest Returns

Posted by timothy on from the blackpowder-enthusiasts dept.

Yellowcake writes "After a successful first year IBM is back with their second iteration of the Student Mainframe Contest. Participants are exposed to a range of mainframe technologies and programming languages such as JCL, REXX, COBOL, and Java. The contest is divided into sections of increasing difficulty, building upon the first, which states "No Experience Necessary"."

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  1. What does not kill you... by theonetruekeebler · · Score: 2, Informative
    Participants are exposed to a range of mainframe technologies and programming languages such as JCL, REXX, COBOL
    How do you win? Fail to burst into flames? Develop super powers? Hell, just have them bitten by radioactive spiders.
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    This is not my sandwich.