To add on to this, this results in an odd job market where demand for COBOL programmers is pretty low most of the time since there isn't a ton of work, but when

To add on to this, this results in an odd job market where demand for COBOL programmers is pretty low most of the time since there isn't a ton of work, but when a company does need to hire COBOL programmers its much more difficult to find them and hire them. Which leads to these common stories about COBOL programmers being in demand, when the reality is that most have a hard time finding new COBOL jobs, especially without needing to move. Off-topic but do you work for Eversource? An ex-coworker of mine found a bug that he immediately recognized as a COBOL bug while working with Eversource CT's EDI