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I remember the government's plea for COBOL programmers last year and was surprised we haven't seen that many more posts about it since then. https://nymag.com/
by nikisweeting 6y ago
I remember the government's plea for COBOL programmers last year and was surprised we haven't seen that many more posts about it since then.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/what-is-cobol-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-the-coronavirus.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/what-is-cobol-what-d...
https://onezero.medium.com/our-government-runs-on-a-60-year-old-coding-language-and-now-its-falling-apart-61ec0bc8e121 https://onezero.medium.com/our-government-runs-on-a-60-year-...
Just this one yesterday:
https://www.govtech.com/opinion/An-Apology-to-COBOL-Maybe-Old-Technology-Isnt-the-Real-Problem.html https://www.govtech.com/opinion/An-Apology-to-COBOL-Maybe-Ol...
- the_only_law 6y agoWasn’t the plea a please for “volunteers” as well?
- giantg2 6y agoMaybe if they took the time to train people and create a sustainable talent pipeline then they wouldn't be in this position. They only want experts and nobody want to train.
- rbanffy 6y agoThey are also somewhat underpaid. I’d totally like to be paid to work on mainframes, even if writing COBOL code, but not by taking a pay cut.
- giantg2 6y agoHow much do you make? Many of the postings I see are $250k+. That's like 3x what I make.
- rbanffy 6y agoI never saw one of those, but I don’t think I could be a senior COBOL developer. I’d need training on both language and zOS.
- slowmotiony 6y agoI think it depends on the skill. I see young programmers from big companies like IBM or Accenture making peanuts and working constant overtime while the older guys (I'm talking 30 years experience) who are independent consultants quote 1000€+/day.
- marktangotango 6y ago> Many of the postings I see are $250k+. That's like 3x what I make. Proof please.
- giantg2 6y agoAh, I see. I was looking at consultant jobs. Regular jobs seem to be less.