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Is Cobol used as much outside of the U.S? Most of the articles are U.S. centric and don't really metnion the global perspective.
by miki123211 6y ago
Is Cobol used as much outside of the U.S? Most of the articles are U.S. centric and don't really metnion the global perspective.
- the_af 6y agoI know it's used in banks in some countries in Latin America, where the COBOL codebase is old, decrepit, and stinks. It's a career dead-end (tech-wise at least; money-wise it can be smart[1]) to get a job in COBOL as used in banks. [1] Though, to be honest, the claim that you should learn COBOL because there's a shortage of programmers and it pays well is not particularly true. Nobody I know of is making big money with COBOL. It's mostly an average-paying, uninteresting programming job. You'll probably make money by climbing through the ranks within the bank organization, where your COBOL skills will become slowly irrelevant.
- deblish 6y agoI don't think so, since it was mostly used for federal agencies and national banks in America.