[throwaway_374]

I think the question everyone is failing to ask is: what's the interview process like? Do they put you through 4 rounds of whiteboard coding bullshit followed by a coding assessment followed by a pair programming session? If anything, I'd argue the interview process for such a nice role should be the most rigorous because you can't rely on auto-complete-by-stackoverflow.

[SmellTheGlove]

Doubtful. I'd bet a lot of the people who can do this work wouldn't be interested in a whiteboard interview. If you're fishing in a small pond for people that can maintain your legacy code, there's going to be a lot less bullshit in the process.

Whiteboard interviews have their place, I'm sure. This isn't one of them.

[ExactoKnight]

I'm pretty sure with these kinds of systems, if you can repeat about 10 nouns relevant to working within a mainframe environment like this, you're hired.

[SmellTheGlove]

I've considered it, seriously even. I could go off, contract for large hourlies, probably get paid a lot more than I do now as a more junior exec with a lot less stress (and when I first moved into management, I had the same thoughts). If you have the skills and reputation, this is an area where you write your own ticket. If I were closer to retirement age instead of in my mid-30's, I think I'd be doing it.