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Surely American colleges still teach COBOL?
by commandlinefan 6y ago
Surely American colleges still teach COBOL?
- rosstex 6y agoWe 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 agoWhy would meteorologists use COBOL? Wouldn't FORTRAN be more likely?
- Barrin92 6y agoI 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 agoAnd what's wrong with hiring people over 40-50?
- shitgoose 6y agoChildren do not see difference between 40 and 90 year old. We are all the same to them.
- smichel17 6y agoI 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 agoabsolutely 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 agoMoney. 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 agoThey didn't at mine when I graduated 11 years ago. Can't imagine they've added it since then.
- icelancer 6y agoThey did at mine 15 years ago. Two semesters of it. Ugh.