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I coded COBOL and RPGII programs back in the late 70's, and I'd flip burgers before writing another line.
by jerhewet 6y ago
I coded COBOL and RPGII programs back in the late 70's, and I'd flip burgers before writing another line.
- artificial 6y agoThanks for the laugh.
- wglb 6y agoAnd I wonder how the pay compares.
- elliekelly 6y agoOddly enough I suspect you’d have a much harder time getting hired for a burger flipping gig at the moment. What a strange time.
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoMaybe, maybe not. If we make these (very questionable) assumptions: - Most qualified mainframe COBOL programmers are in an age bracket for which COVID-19 is very dangerous, - and most COBOL shops are reluctant to allow all-remote teams, then it might be harder to fill those jobs than it is to hire risk-tolerant / risk-ignorant young adults to flip burgers.
- wpietri 6y agoFor what it's worth, my dad was doing remote COBOL in the early 1980s, so the technology is available.
- downerending 6y agoI wouldn't want to spend more time doing it, but I do think today's newbies have missed something in not seeing them and playing with them for a bit.