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> Fewer and fewer grad students seem interested in learning it Probably because it's not really fun languages to work in compared to newer things. I'd rather g

> Fewer and fewer grad students seem interested in learning it Probably because it's not really fun languages to work in compared to newer things. I'd rather get paid a bit less and work with C# for example than get paid a lot more and being miserable. :) And since it is a language that will probably die off sooner or later, it is not really a good investment since it will limit your job prospects if the bank you work for would ever change their financial system.

rk06 9y ago
the word is 'paid', not 'payed'. Spellcheckers fail to catch this because 'payed' is an actual word,
- staticelf 9y ago
  Yeah, sorry, I should know that. Thanks for pointing it out. I am not a native speaker but I consider myself to be pretty good at written english anyway..
js8 9y ago
> Probably because it's not really fun languages to work in compared to newer things. I work on z/OS utilities, mostly assembler. It can be fun, you have to be resourceful. z/OS is actually quite pleasant environment compared to many newer platforms (such as Windows), because you get a very high visibility into what's going on in the system. I guess it depends on type of person. If you love to understand things across the stack (what's going on under), you might like it. If you would rather focus on an application (or framework) layer only, you probably won't.
- staticelf 9y ago
  I can appreciate that, but I don't think I would enjoy developing using assembler or older languages like Fortran and Cobol. But yeah, totally depends on the type of person and while I could potentially see myself doing these things I much rather develop in newer languages that makes my life easier. It isn't like it's bad pay for modern languages anyway. The compensation would have to be a lot in order for me to even consider it :)
- jetti 9y ago
  How does one typically get into doing what you do? I spent my career (just 6 years) doing C# but mainframes really interest me. I did some COBOL back at my last job and liked it but don't know how to break into that segment of industry without prior experience (without having to be entry level as I'm senior now).

rk06 9y ago

the word is 'paid', not 'payed'. Spellcheckers fail to catch this because 'payed' is an actual word,

staticelf 9y ago
Yeah, sorry, I should know that. Thanks for pointing it out. I am not a native speaker but I consider myself to be pretty good at written english anyway..

js8 9y ago

> Probably because it's not really fun languages to work in compared to newer things. I work on z/OS utilities, mostly assembler. It can be fun, you have to be resourceful. z/OS is actually quite pleasant environment compared to many newer platforms (such as Windows), because you get a very high visibility into what's going on in the system. I guess it depends on type of person. If you love to understand things across the stack (what's going on under), you might like it. If you would rather focus on an application (or framework) layer only, you probably won't.

staticelf 9y ago
I can appreciate that, but I don't think I would enjoy developing using assembler or older languages like Fortran and Cobol. But yeah, totally depends on the type of person and while I could potentially see myself doing these things I much rather develop in newer languages that makes my life easier. It isn't like it's bad pay for modern languages anyway. The compensation would have to be a lot in order for me to even consider it :)
jetti 9y ago
How does one typically get into doing what you do? I spent my career (just 6 years) doing C# but mainframes really interest me. I did some COBOL back at my last job and liked it but don't know how to break into that segment of industry without prior experience (without having to be entry level as I'm senior now).