The biggest thing is that it’s not the language. Cobol is trivial for any seasoned programmer, however no one is looking for a ‘just’ cobol programmer, they are

The biggest thing is that it’s not the language. Cobol is trivial for any seasoned programmer, however no one is looking for a ‘just’ cobol programmer, they are looking for someone who understands and knows the ins and out of the mainframe (etc) eco system. I don’t mind cobol as a language; it’s very friendly to read imho and writing is too much typing but not hard.