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Guess I'll go learn Cobol now.

• rodgerd 8y ago
  You laugh, but depending on the actual Cobol support (e.g. whether it also supports a decent amount of CICS) it could make it easy to port a bunch of functions that are locked away on zOS.
  • barbecue_sauce 8y ago
    I was actually serious.
    • freedomben 8y ago
      That might be really smart. Cobol is still in wide use, and somebody needs to replace the aging Cobol community. I bet salaries will sky rocket
      • lostcolony 8y ago
        They already have. You're entering a market, as you say, where every contemporary is a super senior developer, for old, rich companies like banks, and with demand staying static...but supply dropping.
        • jonathanpoulter 8y ago
          I've read this multiple times, and I'm sure it's an intuive argument. Is it actually true though?
          • pjmlp 8y ago
            Yep, I am aware of projects currently looking for COBOL devs in Germany.
            • gbersac 8y ago
              I am aware of projects which look for developer using any language. That doesn't make COBOL special though ^^