> One COBOL programmer, now in his 60s, said his bank laid him off in mid-2012 as it turned to younger, less expensive employees trained in new languages. [...

> One COBOL programmer, now in his 60s, said his bank laid him off in mid-2012 as it turned to younger, less expensive employees trained in new languages. [...] "The call back to the bank was something of a personal vindication for me," he said. I find this being an oddly satisfying part of the story