Re: Confessions of a CoBOL programmer

On 28 Mar, 18:32, docdw...@xxxxxxxxx () wrote:
In article <9q9qu35lpv209ksgt2rjuiioju662ok...@xxxxxxx>,
Howard Brazee  <how...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBa....

From the above:

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In a 2007 Micro Focus survey of its customers, more than 75% of CIOs said
they would need more Cobol programmers over the next five years, and 73%
were already having a hard time finding trained Cobol professionals.

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Never mind that Micro Focus is looking to sell various products... note,
once again, the 'already having a hard time finding trained Cobol
professionals'.

At what rate (or range of rates)?  


Where I work (yes someone gave me a job) they can not get Cobol
programmers under the age of 50 (I am the youngest at 50).
.

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