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The language isn't hard, getting new devs that stay 15+ years to learn the ins and outs of systems that large is. We're making a push to get our cobol devs som

The language isn't hard, getting new devs that stay 15+ years to learn the ins and outs of systems that large is. We're making a push to get our cobol devs some kind of bonus foe sticking around because we can hire a ton of junior devs but after a few years only the ones nearing retirement are left.

worthless-trash 3y ago
Can you talk more on this, as an older developer most of the cobol jobs that I have seen end up being underpaid for this stage in my life. What kind of 'ins and outs' are in this context ?
- jacquesm 3y ago
  Focus on distressed stuff, that's where the money is in COBOL.
  - cutler 3y ago
    "Distressed stuff"?
    - jacquesm 3y ago
      Companies in a panic because some critical system broke / some critical system needs to be kept alive for a bit longer but all of the original people maintaining it have already left.