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Most production COBOL programs run on IBM compatible mainframes so you'd also need to get a handle on developing in MVS aka "z/OS" and how to hack JCL config sc
by jbarham 11y ago
Most production COBOL programs run on IBM compatible mainframes so you'd also need to get a handle on developing in MVS aka "z/OS" and how to hack JCL config scripts--the horror! That's difficult to do without getting hands-on experience.
As someone whose first job out of uni almost 20 years ago was in a mainframe environment, I have no desire whatsoever to go back to it and would strongly recommend against working in COBOL if you can make a living using tech that was developed in the last 40 years.
- twic 11y agoAlso, nobody calls it the "mainframe". It's the "host environment". It took me a couple of weeks on my current project to work out why my new colleagues were so reluctant to modify the customer re-contact batch process - "oh, that's on the host environment!".