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Its almost definitely COBOL right? That's always the langauge featured in this type of story.

by jowday 6y ago

commandlinefan 6y ago
Surely American colleges still teach COBOL?
- rosstex 6y ago
  We teach that it was a thing once. And that meteorologists still use it. The rest of my COBOL knowledge came from my dad :)
  - LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
    Why would meteorologists use COBOL? Wouldn't FORTRAN be more likely?
    - rhizome 6y ago
      I can't find anything in Google, but if this was a game show and I had to guess, I'd say that the modeling is/was done in FORTRAN, but the reporting was done with COBOL.
      - rosstex 6y ago
        Correction: I probably meant FORTRAN, thanks!
- Barrin92 6y ago
  I graduated in Europe ten-ish years ago and even then I never came into contact with COBOL, and if the article is to be believed apparently there are a few more legacy systems here than in the US. I honestly doubt there are a lot of people under 40-50 who are proficient enough with these systems to work on government infrastructure
  - mark-r 6y ago
    And what's wrong with hiring people over 40-50?
    - shitgoose 6y ago
      Children do not see difference between 40 and 90 year old. We are all the same to them.
      - smichel17 6y ago
        I mentally chop adult age groups at 18, 21, 25, 40, 65, and 90. Within those groups, I don't really conceptualize any difference. Two clarifications: (1) this is talking about a single person, not a group, and (2) it's really more based on behavior than age; my grandma is in her eighties, but is so mentally sharp that I think of her in (the top end of) the 40-65 group.
    - Barrin92 6y ago
      absolutely nothing, that was not my point. But people in the industry with that kind of experience are likely already in a spot where taking a job like that is a step back career wise, which is why it isn't surprising that they need to go as far as Latvia to find workers.
    - zenexer 6y ago
      Money. They have actual experience and won’t work for minimum wage. Not saying it’s a good reason, but that was probably the logic employed here.
- RandallBrown 6y ago
  They didn't at mine when I graduated 11 years ago. Can't imagine they've added it since then.
  - icelancer 6y ago
    They did at mine 15 years ago. Two semesters of it. Ugh.

Its almost definitely COBOL right? That's always the langauge featured in this type of story.

by jowday 6y ago

Its almost definitely COBOL right? That's always the langauge featured in this type of story.

commandlinefan 6y ago

Surely American colleges still teach COBOL?

rosstex 6y ago
We teach that it was a thing once. And that meteorologists still use it. The rest of my COBOL knowledge came from my dad :)
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
  Why would meteorologists use COBOL? Wouldn't FORTRAN be more likely?
  - rhizome 6y ago
    I can't find anything in Google, but if this was a game show and I had to guess, I'd say that the modeling is/was done in FORTRAN, but the reporting was done with COBOL.
    - rosstex 6y ago
      Correction: I probably meant FORTRAN, thanks!
Barrin92 6y ago
I graduated in Europe ten-ish years ago and even then I never came into contact with COBOL, and if the article is to be believed apparently there are a few more legacy systems here than in the US. I honestly doubt there are a lot of people under 40-50 who are proficient enough with these systems to work on government infrastructure
- mark-r 6y ago
  And what's wrong with hiring people over 40-50?
  - shitgoose 6y ago
    Children do not see difference between 40 and 90 year old. We are all the same to them.
    - smichel17 6y ago
      I mentally chop adult age groups at 18, 21, 25, 40, 65, and 90. Within those groups, I don't really conceptualize any difference. Two clarifications: (1) this is talking about a single person, not a group, and (2) it's really more based on behavior than age; my grandma is in her eighties, but is so mentally sharp that I think of her in (the top end of) the 40-65 group.
  - Barrin92 6y ago
    absolutely nothing, that was not my point. But people in the industry with that kind of experience are likely already in a spot where taking a job like that is a step back career wise, which is why it isn't surprising that they need to go as far as Latvia to find workers.
  - zenexer 6y ago
    Money. They have actual experience and won’t work for minimum wage. Not saying it’s a good reason, but that was probably the logic employed here.
RandallBrown 6y ago
They didn't at mine when I graduated 11 years ago. Can't imagine they've added it since then.
- icelancer 6y ago
  They did at mine 15 years ago. Two semesters of it. Ugh.