> If COBOL is so domain-specific, why not teach it as such on the job? Why is it the public’s fault for not investing in it? That's what my comment was saying.

> If COBOL is so domain-specific, why not teach it as such on the job? Why is it the public’s fault for not investing in it? That's what my comment was saying. According to the article, the banks used to pay for their staff to learn COBOL on the job. It's 100% the financial industries fault that they have allowed this situation to arise. Why did that practice stop? I think this is one of the areas where capitalism is slowly failing in recent decades.