Re: Confessions of a CoBOL programmer

On 28 Mar, 18:32, docdw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <9q9qu35lpv209ksgt2rjuiioju662ok...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Howard Brazee =A0<how...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=3DprintArticleBa..=
..
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> From the above:
>
> --begin quoted text:
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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.
>
> --end quoted text
>
> 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)? =A0
>

Where I work (yes someone gave me a job) they can not get Cobol
programmers under the age of 50 (I am the youngest at 50).