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there was a thread on slashdot the other day about mainframe programmers... the same thing applies to COBOL. all this ancient stuff is still around and running today, and all the geysers who created and maintained it are retiring, so there's a bit of a shortage now that's only going to get worse unless they adopt new systems. students of course, are not learning languages like COBOL, and the schools aren't teaching them cuz they're "so outdated". instead, they learn modern "new" (ie trendy) languages like Java. i've almost never seen a job posting with Java as anything listed as "an asset". i don't need to further explain the supply and demand situation this creates. also, since a lot of companies are pro-Microsoft, they'll just be wanting ASP/C# programmers instead.
that said, i don't know COBOL, Java, ASP, or C#. i prefer my "ancient" languages, C and Perl.
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