Re:GnuCOBOL 3.1.1
by mywittyname on Friday December 11, 2020 @02:20PM
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It's not a particularly well-paying or common job. I live an area with a large number of insurance companies and banking HQs, so COBOL jobs are a little more common than most of the US. Most job postings are for contractors paying mid-30s to lower 40s per hour, with a handful in the 50s.
That's an okay salary in absolute terms, but it's not a great one for a software engineering position. Even in a fly-over state.
But taking that job is basically career suicide. After 3-5 years of doing that, you'll be completely unemployable outside of insurance unless you spend time on your own learning useful skills. And if you do that, you're probably starting back down in a junior or mid-level role.
Anyone would be much better off getting an AWS cert and learning to write SQL.
That's an okay salary in absolute terms, but it's not a great one for a software engineering position. Even in a fly-over state.
But taking that job is basically career suicide. After 3-5 years of doing that, you'll be completely unemployable outside of insurance unless you spend time on your own learning useful skills. And if you do that, you're probably starting back down in a junior or mid-level role.
Anyone would be much better off getting an AWS cert and learning to write SQL.