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Re:New Jersey needs COBOL programmers for their unemployment... by AllanHoustonSt on Sunday April 05, 2020 @01:20AM (#22783905)
Which popular H1B source countries teach COBOL? I feel like the advent of cheap offshore programming came well after the decline of COBOL. Though my sense of history can very well be off.
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Re:New Jersey needs COBOL programmers for their unemployment... by ethanwillis on Sunday April 05, 2020 @02:15AM (#22784077)
They can just lie about experience can they not?
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Re:New Jersey needs COBOL programmers for their unemployment... by masonic on Sunday April 05, 2020 @05:09PM (#22788750)
I'm sure that Tata/Infosys/Cognizant will be happy to supply you with dozens of CVs claiming COBOL experience and then give crash courses to any candidates selected.
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Re:New Jersey needs COBOL programmers for their unemployment... by bencollier49 on Sunday April 05, 2020 @03:20AM (#22784273)
A lot of Indian degree courses teach COBOL for exactly this reason.
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