Re: Confessions of a CoBOL programmer

In article <4revu3d0j4v301in4js450l7ng7gdc85gn@xxxxxxx>,
SkippyPB <swiegand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:05:53 -0700 (PDT), Alistair
<alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 29 Mar, 00:12, billg...@xxxxxxxxxxx (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
In article <ac5d2762-1789-4696-8918-8b00948bc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
        Alistair <alist...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:





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:

--begin quoted text:

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.

--end quoted text

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).

What's wrong with programmers over 50?


Nothing. 50 is a good age to be (just coming into my prime).

And 60 is prime!


No, it's not. But 59 and 61 are! :-)

bill

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