Re:Ask YC: Does anyone know of any good Cobol tutorials?
by rms on Thursday May 08, 2008 @10:32PM
(#185156)
Though it's not going to be personally fulfilling in the same way as modern hacking, there's pretty good money to be made consulting on legacy systems.
Re:Ask YC: Does anyone know of any good Cobol tutorials?
by babul on Friday May 09, 2008 @05:54AM
(#185358)
...but better money in transitioning them to more modern tech :)
Re:Ask YC: Does anyone know of any good Cobol tutorials?
by kirubakaran on Thursday May 08, 2008 @10:35PM
(#185160)
I'll quote you: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=178094
:-)
Re:Ask YC: Does anyone know of any good Cobol tutorials?
by rms on Thursday May 08, 2008 @10:37PM
(#185164)
lol, yeah, this is the friend. To each his own.
Re:Ask YC: Does anyone know of any good Cobol tutorials?
by cao825 on Thursday May 08, 2008 @10:32PM
(#185158)
With the job market the way it is and not having the best GPA in the world, I don't really have any other options right now. Also, I already signed a 6 month contract. So, as much as I would like to do some python coding for Google, I am kind of backed into a corner at the moment.
Re:Ask YC: Does anyone know of any good Cobol tutorials?
by kirubakaran on Thursday May 08, 2008 @10:39PM
(#185166)
All the best in your ventures. I just wanted to make sure it is a conscious choice.
Re:Ask YC: Does anyone know of any good Cobol tutorials?
by kirubakaran on Friday May 09, 2008 @11:41AM
(#185564)
I should probably clarify that I have nothing against working on legacy systems and I agree that it is lucrative. I have something against COBOL though.
Sorry... Though your questions are different, I decided to tell you this anyway. I've done similar work in the past and I certainly don't recommend it. Please ask around (not the questions you are asking now) before going ahead with this.