Re: COBOL to Java conversion

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:30:25 -0700, HansJ <hjigel@xxxxxx> wrote:

I find that statement interesting as I, too, have experience in COBOL
and DML on a Univac 1100. And then, until about a year ago we used
a VAX and VMS COBOL here in the CS Department. And, recently, I have
been working with the free Unix COBOL's mostly because I really like
COBOL and still hope someone looking for COBOL experience will find me. :-)

I trimmed the rest, but let me at least say it looked like real good
advice to me!!

Bill, my feeling is that demand for COBOL experience is currently
fairly low.

As a Cobol contractor who has to find a new project every 6-12 months, I've found demand
(and pay) for Cobol contractors is medium. It's all maintenance, no new development.

Java is the skill in highest demand. That's common knowledge. Unexpectedly, the second
highest demand is for PL/SQL. There are shops doing EVERYTHING in PL/SQL, SQR, scripting
languages, principally PERL, and data watehousing tools. Demand for PL/SQL is roughly
double demand for Cobol; money is 20-40% higher.

So if you're investing into your career, I would not be focussing on COBOL.

Agreed. Go for Java. In a few years it'll be something else.
.

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