I suppose it depends on your career goals. Myself I love development. I love all SW development. I would find a career in COBOL too stagnate. If your goal i

I suppose it depends on your career goals. Myself I love development. I love all SW development. I would find a career in COBOL too stagnate. If your goal is a career of steady paycheck. If you are happy doing mostly maintenance work. Then COBOL could be a career for you. There is always the risk of the companies redeveloping their SW, but at this point, you have to wonder, if they have not done it yet, why would they in the future.