A friend's father is a COBOL programmer. He works for a bank (shocker!) and has said that while there are jobs they are not available all over the country but m

A friend's father is a COBOL programmer. He works for a bank (shocker!) and has said that while there are jobs they are not available all over the country but mostly limited to certain areas. So while a Java or PHP programmer will be able to find work pretty much anywhere a COBOL programmer might only find a dozen companies with openings and mostly in places like London, New York, etc. Places with big financial institutions.