Re: Confessions of a CoBOL programmer

In article <9q9qu35lpv209ksgt2rjuiioju662okf4o@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Howard Brazee  <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9062478

From the above:

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In a 2007 Micro Focus survey of its customers, more than 75% of CIOs said 
they would need more Cobol programmers over the next five years, and 73% 
were already having a hard time finding trained Cobol professionals.

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Never mind that Micro Focus is looking to sell various products... note, 
once again, the 'already having a hard time finding trained Cobol 
professionals'.

At what rate (or range of rates)?  

(If it is true that Everyone Knows the population having (skill) is older 
and Everyone Knows that older workers frequently command higher salaries 
then Everyone Knows the population having (skill) may frequently command 
higher salaries... on the other hand... the ability of those human-being 
type folks to deny what seem to be logically valid conclusions has been 
seen before... let me see... nigh a decade back, from 
<http://groups.google.com/group/comp.software.year-2000/msg/da8c9f200ee62949?dmode=source>

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On what do I base my conclusion?  Why... on A Story, of course... 
apochryphal, perhaps, but Eminently Plausible:

A cor****ate seminar on drug-abuse in the workplace was being addressed by 
a speaker.  He began by asking 'How many of you think that drug abuse is a

problem in your community?'


The audience, suits, corner-office-dwellers and their sycophants, 
dutifully raised hands... this is something Everyone Knows, right?


The speaker continued, quackity quack, woof woof... and then asked 'Now, 
how many of you think that your workforce accurately reflects the 
composition of your community?'


Again hands went up... as they'd damned well *better*, otherwise a hurkin'

great EEO lawsuit comes down the pike.  Anyhow, the speaker then drones 
on, blurbity blurble, honk honk wheet... and then asks 'Now, how many of 
you think that drug abuse is a problem in your workforce?'


No hands go up. 

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DD