COBOL is usually asociated with the tuple [ Old, Mainframe ]. In tech you can get a job easily learning a new technology that's getting traction and hope deman

COBOL is usually asociated with the tuple [ Old, Mainframe ]. In tech you can get a job easily learning a new technology that's getting traction and hope demand is bigger that offer. This is a classic first job / career reboot case. For old techonologies usually demand is lower than the offer. I don't know the exact case about COBOL; but I guess since boomers are retiring now, COBOL demand out there might unexpectedly grow. And for the Mainframe stuff... Everybody says they're expensive, even without having seen an actual Mainframe bill, so it can be wrong (and might be a competitive advantage for some). Bit since the 90s everybody has been trying to grab that Mainframe dollars, and that's too much time. Some succeeded with Client/Server, others with Java, Linux, Virtualization... So, COBOL land looks unsexy. When it is already stablished it gets the job done; so don't expect headlines about COBOL except when something weird shows like Y2K.