• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I once had to modify some COBOL code. It’s a highly organized language, not terrible. But because it’s old there’s a shortage of people now who are good at it or want to learn it. You pretty much have to decide your career is going to be working on old code.

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      1 month ago

      I’ll add that 20 years ago they said if you want to make money as a programmer then learn COBOL because of the demand