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• stifle867@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve heard 2nd stories of the few old-timers who still know COBAL, FORTRAN, etc who have very generous salaries working in sectors like banking. It’s probably too late now though.

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  • theherk@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Isn’t too late. Work in a very large bank. Some of the COBOL underpinnings will probably never die. The same cannot be said for their maintainers.

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• hamptonio@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’re probably better off learning java at this point.

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• 0x0@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s on my to-learn list.

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