hello ppl....after a long struggle Iv got myself a job...the job is a QA-tester job for Components developed for Mainframe machines. The company Im working with is 1 helluva big company.This is my first job and Iv asked lots of ppl for their views on the job profile..there are ppl who've told me that testing is a good line...if not as good as programming and development ( which is what I was looking for in the first place) ..., then there are people who tell me that testing can be used as a platform to jump on to the Programming bandwagon ( something not easy for freshers in India)...and there are people who are telling me that testing is a clerical job that has no future and especially Mainframes are a subject that have been relegated to history textbooks

One thing is very clear that it is not possible for me to quit this job but I still want to know how true the above statements are and what should I do from now on ??

a) Concentrate on Mainframes testing as a lifetime career
b) Concentrate on testing as a lifetime career
c) consider jumping on to programming mainframes in the near future

d)Keep in touch with VB\ASP and go back to programming Microsoft technologies after a year as a Mainframe tester

e)Any other option ?