This was exactly my experience. I then got a short contracting gig when I needed some cash. It was good money - and I never wanted to do that kind of work agai

This was exactly my experience. I then got a short contracting gig when I needed some cash. It was good money - and I never wanted to do that kind of work again. The language has any number of deficiencies, that have been fixed by later languages. And as another commenter mentioned - the departments that use it have any number deficiencies, many of them political, that got them into this position. It is not something I would recommend for fun.