SRS Survey on IBM-MAIN Message Board

About this survey:

At Santa Rosa Software, we are in the business of giving the next wave of mainframers all the tools they need to ensure their success and the continued success of the platform we’ve lived and loved for the past 60 years. Mobile device usage is now an integral part of enterprise computing, and our goal at SRS is to leverage mobile to provide tools that help the next wave of younger mainframers thrive within the Big Blue ecosystem.

However, there won’t be an adequate number of next wave of mainframers unless we educate young technologists about the merits of the platform and what it means to the global economy. We are currently working with a couple of universities and consultancies to do this education and need your help. In the survey below we seek more information about who you mainframers are and how you consume information. This information will help us best communicate with the teachers and mentors who are bringing these new mainframers to the platform. We think we know what makes up a mainframer, we are them. However, we really don’t know precisely, and there is no research data on this topic, so we thought we’d offer up a survey in the best place on the worldwide web to do this, IBM-MAIN.

What’s the catch?

There is no catch, we aren’t doing some big sales and marketing push with this info. In our conversations amongst ourselves and with other industry-leading mainframers, we’ve discovered that we empirically know who mainframers are (we see you all at SHARE, IDUG and other events), but there exists no specific demographic or psychographic description for the make up of people working on z/OS. Frankly, we need your help so we can help us all understand one another, perhaps better. Only a very few of the questions below are required, so, feel free to give answers to whichever questions you care to. If you do not want to give us any info, that’s fine. We understand. We’re mainframers too.

We will share the results.

If you complete the survey and provide your email address, we will send you the survey results at the completion of the tallying of the data at the end of January 2024 (but we will keep you updated on the data as it’s gathered if you give us an email).

We are data security and compliance professionals and are committed to your privacy rights. You may read our privacy policy here. If you have any questions or concerns about this survey you can email us at support@santarosasoftware.com. 

A note and a perk about z/OS password management

We have developed a mobile app that will generate and store mainframe passwords (RACF, ACF2, TSS). If you would like a no-strings-attached fully functional copy of our mobile app for z/OS password management for your time to read this and fill out the survey, just tick the box under where you enter your email to receive the survey results. We will send you a download code to use on the Google Play Store to download a free copy of our z/OS password manager. More info on our z/OS password management app, KhyberPass, can be found here.

About Today's Mainframer Survey
We'd like to better understand the demographics and psychographics of the mainframer of 2024. This survey will remain online to the end of January 2024.

What industry does your employer operate in?*

What industry does your employer operate in?*

If you select Other, you may add additional info at the end of the survey.

Choose
Agriculture, Forestry, And Fishing
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation, Communications, Utilities and Sanitary Services
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Finance, Insurance, And Real Estate
Retail, Computer, Other Services
Public Administration/Government
Other

What age bracket do you fall into?*

What age bracket do you fall into?*

What is the highest level of school you have completed?*

What is the highest level of school you have completed?*

What is your current employment status?*

What is your current employment status?*

w-2, contractor, unemployed, other

If you answered "other" to Employment Status, or would just like to add more information, you may elaborate here.

If you answered "other" to Employment Status, or would just like to add more information, you may elaborate here.

Number of Dependents:

Number of Dependents:

Dependents would be children or people living in your household dependent on you for their care?

What is your living situation?

What is your living situation?

What type of community do you live in?

What type of community do you live in?

On an evening when you have the next day off from work, what do you do?

On an evening when you have the next day off from work, what do you do?

On your next vacation of 5 days or more, what are you most likely to do?

On your next vacation of 5 days or more, what are you most likely to do?

On an ideal evening after a full day of work, and, you have to work the next morning, what are you most likely to do?

On an ideal evening after a full day of work, and, you have to work the next morning, what are you most likely to do?

If you subscribe to any YouTube channels or podcasts, what are the subject matters?

If you subscribe to any YouTube channels or podcasts, what are the subject matters?

What are your two preferred music genres?

What are your two preferred music genres?

If you could change one thing about your years of service with the mainframe that would have made a significant difference in your career, what is that one thing?

If you could change one thing about your years of service with the mainframe that would have made a significant difference in your career, what is that one thing?

Is there anything we did not ask that we should have?

Is there anything we did not ask that we should have?

In emergency, would you prefer to fire up:

In emergency, would you prefer to fire up:

Is there someone you would like to forward this survey link to?

Is there someone you would like to forward this survey link to?

What is your yearly household income ($ in USD)?

What is your yearly household income ($ in USD)?

What is your relationship status?

What is your relationship status?

If you would like to receive a copy of this survey's results, please provide your email address.

If you would like to receive a copy of this survey's results, please provide your email address.

Would you like to receive a code for a complimentary, fully functional version of KhyberPass Password Manager for z/OS?

Would you like to receive a code for a complimentary, fully functional version of KhyberPass Password Manager for z/OS?

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