• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    New folks are learning it. Obviously not in droves, and obviously there is a lot of legacy knowledge, but new people are def training on it.

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      4 months ago

      COBOL is not hard to learn. But it takes years to develop the muscles in your fingers to the point where you can write a subroutine in a single session.

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        4 months ago

        I took courses in uni for COBOL and you’re right, the language itself isn’t difficult, it’s honestly a lot like writing plain Englisch but making sure your JCL was correct, checking I think it was the spool in order to make sure your jobs were working correctly, reading memory dumps, it was a ride. I love mainframe but it feels like all jobs mainframe ask for 5+ years experience