It felt weird at the time, but I think the reach of COBOL is underestimated by just about everyone. I just checked the university's website and they still have

It felt weird at the time, but I think the reach of COBOL is underestimated by just about everyone. I just checked the university's website and they still have their introductory Programming in COBOL course as well as a 400-level "Applications in Information Systems" course that "includes coverage of advanced features of the COBOL language." Northwestern Mutual is based in Milwaukee and is where most of the grads I knew who went down the COBOL path either started out or ended up.