Re:Rules of thumb for a 1x developer
by ornornor on Thursday April 30, 2020 @03:51PM
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> see NJ needs COBOL developers
NJ wants UNPAID cobol developers. I’ve been researching the cobol market in the last few weeks to see if it was worthwhile and people in the know pretty much agreed that it’s absolutely not worth it. Doesn’t pay well, codebases that run it are hell to work on, and it’s all outsourced to sweatshops in Asia anyway.
Not contesting your more general point per se, but cobol is not a good example of that.
NJ wants UNPAID cobol developers. I’ve been researching the cobol market in the last few weeks to see if it was worthwhile and people in the know pretty much agreed that it’s absolutely not worth it. Doesn’t pay well, codebases that run it are hell to work on, and it’s all outsourced to sweatshops in Asia anyway.
Not contesting your more general point per se, but cobol is not a good example of that.