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I think it could be interesting. There are only a few Thousand COBOL developers left, median age is in their 60s-70s or something like that. Don’t know the exte
by financetechbro 2y ago
I think it could be interesting. There are only a few Thousand COBOL developers left, median age is in their 60s-70s or something like that. Don’t know the extent of the problem but I know VC/growth investors are thinking about it. Had a chat with one this week, not on this topic, but they brought up COBOL and basically hinted that ATM infra would collapse if a COBOL dev decides to take too long of a vacation (hyperbole).
Worst case scenario you become the youngest COBOL dev in the world and it becomes a really interesting talking point / part of your story.
- financetechbro 2y agoAlso you might enjoy reading this https://web.archive.org/web/20160826003417/https://medium.com/@Svenskunganka/interviewing-my-mother-a-mainframe-cobol-programmer-c693d40d88f7#.66qbnhd8p https://web.archive.org/web/20160826003417/https://medium.co...