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The largest bank in Sweden offers a free 16 week COBOL course once or twice a year. Basically anybody that passes is virtually guaranteed a job there.
by dagw 3y ago
The largest bank in Sweden offers a free 16 week COBOL course once or twice a year. Basically anybody that passes is virtually guaranteed a job there.
- kqr 3y agoWait, really? I briefly looked at Cobol job ads in Sweden (just for fun to see what's out there -- not actually looking for a Cobol job right now) recently and they were all looking for people with multiple years of production Cobol maintenance. I must have missed something obvious.
- dagw 3y agohttps://sebgroup.com/sv/karriar/vem-ar-du/nyexaminerade-och-studenter/seb-cobol-academy https://sebgroup.com/sv/karriar/vem-ar-du/nyexaminerade-och-... Only formal requirement to apply is some professional development experience or a degree in something programming related.
- lemerou 3y agoOther requirement is "Proficient in Swedish and English, verbal and written"!
- TMWNN 3y agoHeck, that's more than what it takes to receive Swedish citizenship, for which Sweden has no language, income, employment, or skills requirement. <https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/Becoming-a-Swedish-citizen/Apply-for-citizenship/Citizenship-for-adults.html https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/...> In completely unrelated news, Arabic is now the second most spoken language in Sweden. <https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=7047637a-c5f5-4297-9afa-a273dd443a9a https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_po...>
- kqr 3y agoIgnoring English seems a little silly. Doesn't modern standard Arabic function as a lingua franca between people who natively speak something else (even if mutually unintelligible local Arabics)? That would explain it's popularity, but on those grounds English would be even more popular.