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(seen from France) Those are only public bids, and not everything goes through public channels. Companies working with COBOL (or things like AS400) do so beca
by Juliate 4y ago
(seen from France)
Those are only public bids, and not everything goes through public channels.
Companies working with COBOL (or things like AS400) do so because they've been using it for some time already.
So they mostly already know the networks of professionals they will hire for the job, and that's often their own past employees who went freelance, or keep contracting after legal retirement kicks in. Professionals who also act as hiring agents for their replacements.
- eatonphil 4y agoThat's good to know. But for the purposes of people considering a new career wouldn't their position be basically the same as what you see publicly reported on Glassdoor? (assuming there's not some bias like people who use COBOL are less likely to also use Glassdoor and enter salaries there) If you're starting a new career you wouldn't have a network.
- Juliate 4y agoIf you're starting a new career, I'm not sure the info you will find on Glassdoor will speak much to you either (or, not as much as when you already have had one or two positions - because then you know how to interpret some signals companies broadcast through their ads, or their employees reports). And looking after COBOL (or an old tech, without having been introduced to it before) as an entry job is a bit peculiar. Better looking after the companies that still need it, understanding why, and then going through them for specific jobs, linked or not to COBOL. I understand the appeal of getting into it for the technology or the money, but getting into it for the problems and how to solve them first will open many more paths (and as much if not more money).