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Re:Jean Sammet, co-creator of COBOL, has died by gumby on Sunday June 04, 2017 @11:55PM (#14485157)
Is that really true? I have found that typically the best coders are the clearest writers of English as well
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Re:Jean Sammet, co-creator of COBOL, has died by MrBuddyCasino on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:37AM (#14486305)
> the best coders are the clearest writers of English as well

Thats what I found as well, which is why we need more of them. Maybe it is a german thing, but I can tell you that we don't have a lot of those types doing software development. Maybe because people here are more likely to study humanities instead than in the US? I really don't know.

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Re:Jean Sammet, co-creator of COBOL, has died by qb45 on Monday June 05, 2017 @12:19PM (#14488802)
I heard that good lawyers can earn more than good coders. And dunno about Germany, but in my country brain drain is also a problem. And I'm not sure if there really are that many smart people to begin with ;)
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