Re: Confessions of a CoBOL programmer

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Alistair <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 28 Mar, 21:47, docdw...@xxxxxxxxx () wrote:
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Alistair  <alist...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 28 Mar, 18:32, docdw...@xxxxxxxxx () wrote:

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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.

Then it might be best if the order is not made en masse. Consider what
might happen if a single Java-jockey gets made an offer... you can keep
doing what all the other coders are doing or you can take this course...
and if you pass it you get a bonus and a pay-rise, once you finish (n)
months of work with the COBOL team.

Training... money... and 'an end in sight'. I believe that someone in the
crew would agree to it... and maybe others, once they see that the first
did not die or suffer grave disfigurement... and then...

.... and then, (y) months after finishing (n) months with the COBOL team...
they get introduced to that wonderful Corporate Tradition of 'Well, you
touched it once, at one point, and we need it worked on again, now...'

DD

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