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problem is that the original COBOL programmers were expecting their stuff to be replaced within a decade, they never realized that companies would never pay to replace something if it was still (barely) functional after years of neglect – now those programs have become the backbone of their company and they’re having to shell out because it takes a special breed to learn COBOL in the day of C, C++, C#, Elixir, Nim, Crystal, JavaScript, Lua, GDScript, Dart, Swift, Kotlin, Clojure, …, …, …
Tl:dw; She’s a social person and cobol is an antisocial type of job, there’s nothing wrong with the cobol job industry as a whole, and it’s generally an incredibly stable position to have.
problem is that the original COBOL programmers were expecting their stuff to be replaced within a decade, they never realized that companies would never pay to replace something if it was still (barely) functional after years of neglect – now those programs have become the backbone of their company and they’re having to shell out because it takes a special breed to learn COBOL in the day of C, C++, C#, Elixir, Nim, Crystal, JavaScript, Lua, GDScript, Dart, Swift, Kotlin, Clojure, …, …, …
If it pays enough Ill learn the shit out of cobol
AFAIK it doesn’t, but at least you have a secure job for the rest of your working days.
Veronica Explains has recently quit COBOL. You might find her video interesting.
Tl:dw; She’s a social person and cobol is an antisocial type of job, there’s nothing wrong with the cobol job industry as a whole, and it’s generally an incredibly stable position to have.
That’s a good summary. It also pays about the same as a YouTuber, considering she’s able to continue sustaining herself with the career change.
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Veronica Explains has recently quit COBOL
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You forgot Rust. 🦀
“…, …, …” ⇒ https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Programming_Languages