E9.2 Considering switching career from JDE

[Scott Beebe]

Did I miss out on some announcement? Why are we talking like JDE is a dead end?

Oracle has been investing in EnterpriseOne for years. Continues to sell it and sales have been growing. What are you guys talking about?

 

[DaveWagoner]

Years old discussion. But I get the sentiment, especially when I was working on a legacy version with no end in sight. Probably due to a few missteps on Oracle's part in the years after acquiring.

I think there's no reasonable end in sight for current JDE or the job market. It has been great going to conference the past couple of years and seeing young(er) people getting involved in the ecosystem. I see no red- or yellow flags for my future in JDE tech.

 

[CHo]

I'm interested to hear if anyone here has used nextworld! What's the health and future prospects of that platform?

Is that the platform started by Ed McVaney and his daughter? If so, the company has received positive press in Colorado.

 

[DaveWagoner]

Is that the platform started by Ed McVaney and his daughter? If so, the company has received positive press in Colorado.

Yeah. The PR materials make it look interesting, I wish someone who has made the move to that from JDE would show up and let us know what they think from a hands on perspective

 

[Rauf]

Did I miss out on some announcement? Why are we talking like JDE is a dead end?

Oracle has been investing in EnterpriseOne for years. Continues to sell it and sales have been growing. What are you guys talking about?

In the region where I reside, the software vendor it self suggesting to move to either EBS or Oracle Fusion

 

[zakpak]

Try investing a bit of time on Softone ERP

 

[Rauf]

Try investing a bit of time on Softone ERP

This is the first time I hear about this ERP. I have checked https://www.soft1.eu/, but even this web is not loading.
There are many many ERPs available, but the concern is the client base of those ERPs. As we already know Oracle and SAP are outstanding in the ERP sector. Now Microsoft, Epicor, Odoo is also on the way to find their market.

 

[bjouzier]

Personnaly (I am applicative JDE consultant since 1999, old 59, Europe) my strategy for years is to get additionnal skills ( by exemple BI, ETL, SQL/Python business modeling) by enlarging my implications when I am working on customer site. It appears that some of these skills can then be used and sold in non-JDE context, espcially in the current times where IT resources are globally short . Migration project should also be good opportunities for that.

 

[jeffv]

Just wanted to chime in here. The JDE job market is still vibrant and shows no signs of letting up any time soon. I can say this from first hand experience.

 

[gregglarkin]

I never heard of NextWorld before now ... WebSite described an intriguing architecture ... kinda what I'd expect JDE to have if development hadn't stopped ...

Nextworld was founded by Ed McVaney. it is the successor to JDE.

 

[gregglarkin]

I left CNC for three years and worked at a bank. Hated it. Bumped across an opportunity at Spinnaker Support to come back home to CNC as a senior manager. Absolutely love it. Spinnaker supports customers who have Oracle support as well as customers that want third party support. We work with JDE customers from XE to 9.2. The variety is great!

 

[Scott Beebe]

After 25 years with JDE E1 there is no point in me switching products. Still lots of opportunities for guys with extensive knowledge and experience. I keep up to date on all the new stuff coming out of Oracle with E1, have enough experience with just about every module, and there is such a large footprint in the country with E1 that I always have work. Companies rely on those of us with this kind of experience. I don't have any worries for the next 10 years which is all I am worried about.

 

[gregglarkin]

After 25 years with JDE E1 there is no point in me switching products. Still lots of opportunities for guys with extensive knowledge and experience. I keep up to date on all the new stuff coming out of Oracle with E1, have enough experience with just about every module, and there is such a large footprint in the country with E1 that I always have work. Companies rely on those of us with this kind of experience. I don't have any worries for the next 10 years which is all I am worried about.

I hear ya! JDE has at least ten more years left to it. I worked on a different Oracle product, one that was very specific to banking. I was bored out of my skull. The only thing I learned from my 3.5 years of JDE exile was Agile Project methodology. I am applying that knowledge to my managerial style now that I'm back and running a team. I don't do hands on CNC in this job. I'm the coach of the team. Some very experienced CNCs and some less. My job is to manage and coach the team. My team is spread across four continents, five countries. We have chase the sun coverage of CNC tech support.