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Some companies that have large COBOL code bases don't hire "software developers" -- they hire people who have worked in other careers and want to switch to soft
by wvenable 6y ago
Some companies that have large COBOL code bases don't hire "software developers" -- they hire people who have worked in other careers and want to switch to software development and then they extensively train them internally. This could explain the median age of COBOL developers remaining constant.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agowhat other careers do they prefer to draw future Cobol developers from?
- NegativeLatency 6y agoa guess: something with domain experience banking/finance?
- wvenable 6y agoI worked with a former construction worker who was going through the training. He saw this as his opportunity to get out of that kind of work. A lot of the hires had non-technical and non-domain backgrounds.
- pydry 6y agoI met one who was trained out of school in Austria. He was in his 20s.