Re: Confessions of a CoBOL programmer

Alistair wrote:

Have they tried doubling their rates? Have they offered programmers
in
other languages training in COBOL... with a bonus and pay-rise upon
completion of the course so they don't get hired away?


I suspect that the Java programmers would walk out en masse if offered
the opportunity to retrain.

Yeah. It's hard to do FLAMES in COBOL.


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