Re: Confessions of a CoBOL programmer

In article <4revu3d0j4v301in4js450l7ng7gdc85gn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
	SkippyPB <swiegand@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:05:53 -0700 (PDT), Alistair
> <alistair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>On 29 Mar, 00:12, billg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>>> In article
<ac5d2762-1789-4696-8918-8b00948bc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>         Alistair <alist...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>>
>>>
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>>> > On 28 Mar, 18:32, docdw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 () wrote:
>>> >> In article <9q9qu35lpv209ksgt2rjuiioju662ok...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> >> Howard Brazee  <how...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>> >>
>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBa...
>>>
>>> >> From the above:
>>>
>>> >> --begin quoted text:
>>>
>>> >> 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)?  
>>>
>>> > 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).
>>>
>>> What's wrong with programmers over 50?
>>>
>>
>>Nothing. 50 is a good age to be (just coming into my prime).
> 
> And 60 is prime!
> 

No, it's not.  But 59 and 61 are!  :-)

bill

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