Subj : COBOL?
To   : unixl0rd
From : CDP
Date : Thu Jun 01 2023 20:10:53

  Re: COBOL?
  By: unixl0rd to All on Tue May 02 2023 07:09 pm

 > I just found out that IBM offers a free introductory COBOL course:
 > 
 > https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ibm-training/free-course-announcing-learning-cobol
 > rogramming-with-vscode/
 > 
 > Is there actual demand for new COBOL developers? I thought companies were on
 > 
 > Thoughts?
 > 
 > ... It is always darkest just before you turn on the lights.

If COBOL is something you're interested in it's definitely still worth having
it on your resume. I probably wouldn't put it at the TOP of the resume
(depending on the job your applying for), but there is still some good demand
for COBOL programmers out there. 
Speaking from experience, where I work (as is the case everywhere) the cobol
programmers are aging out and retiring. The new ones we hire are still in the
same general age range and I'm sure they are demanding a lot of money since the
pool is getting smaller and the codebase is still significant.

It's proven to be a very resilient language despite it's faults, and more
reliable than many of the newer ones to come along over the last 20+ years
(IMO).
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