Tuesday, April 7, 2020

An unintended consequence of the virus crisis has caused a need for Cobol programmer. WHAT!?!?

An unintended consequence of the virus crisis has caused a need for Cobol programmer.  WHAT!?!?

Apparently, the stress on NJ unemployment computers requires people who know how to program this ancient programming language.


Personal note: I actually had some one offer me a 6 months contract to do some Cobol programming 2 years ago.  First, I have never programmed in Cobol, as you can guess by the name “common business-oriented language”, it was intended for the business world. Mostly main frame systems like pay roll and accounting.  I have programmed in Fortran, so I do have obsolete knowledge.  The second strange thing about the 6 month contract gig was that it was on-site in Poland. 

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