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Re:Ancient programming language gets new life in the cloud t... by tapland on Saturday August 26, 2023 @09:50PM (#37278705)
The language isn't hard, getting new devs that stay 15+ years to learn the ins and outs of systems that large is.

We're making a push to get our cobol devs some kind of bonus foe sticking around because we can hire a ton of junior devs but after a few years only the ones nearing retirement are left.

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Re:Ancient programming language gets new life in the cloud t... by worthless-trash on Sunday August 27, 2023 @12:53AM (#37279522)
Can you talk more on this, as an older developer most of the cobol jobs that I have seen end up being underpaid for this stage in my life.

What kind of 'ins and outs' are in this context ?

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Re:Ancient programming language gets new life in the cloud t... by jacquesm on Sunday August 27, 2023 @07:21AM (#37281522)
Focus on distressed stuff, that's where the money is in COBOL.
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Re:Ancient programming language gets new life in the cloud t... by cutler on Sunday August 27, 2023 @08:19AM (#37281933)
"Distressed stuff"?
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Re:Ancient programming language gets new life in the cloud t... by jacquesm on Sunday August 27, 2023 @08:26AM (#37281985)
Companies in a panic because some critical system broke / some critical system needs to be kept alive for a bit longer but all of the original people maintaining it have already left.
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