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"No one remembers how to fix it" sounds like the COBOL situation today. The reality is that the bar to learning COBOL is quite low: compilers and documentation
by kmoser 1y ago
"No one remembers how to fix it" sounds like the COBOL situation today. The reality is that the bar to learning COBOL is quite low: compilers and documentation are readily available for most platforms.
What's lacking is incentive and drive: there are just too many other shiny tools to distract us, including jobs that sound more glamorous and/or pay just as well.
A young person with the drive to learn just about anything has the means to do so, if they really want.
- strken 1y agoOne thing I've learnt over the years is that most so-called labour shortages aren't significant. Until the companies involved have started paying a lot more or providing cushy incentives, "shortages" are mostly just complaints about needing to spend 4 weeks hiring instead of 2.