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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

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 ^^