Subj : Re: COBOL?
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Dr. What
Date : Fri May 05 2023 07:20 am

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to DR. WHAT <=-

 > IHMO: The demand is good - now.  But the market is actively trying to reduce
 > that demand.  So in the long term, a COBOL career is not a good way to go.

 DW> While I tend to agree with you, that is what they were saying after Y2K
 DW> came and passed.  That was 23 years ago.  :)

But they were right.  The number of COBOL jobs dropped significantly after Y2K.
 And most of the ones left are maintenance jobs.

I never said that COBOL was gone.  But as a long term career, COBOL is a poor
choice.  Now, COBOL plus <something else> may be a good thing in most companies
today.  But a COBOL-only programmer isn't going to have a good job for 20
years.


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