A career as a Cobol programmer might not be as sexy as slinging Java code or scripting in Ruby, but if you buckle down and learn hoary old Cobol, you could land one of the safest, most secure jobs in IT.
Analyst reports indicate that Cobol salaries are on the upswing. The language is easy to learn, there's a healthy demand for the skills, and offshore Cobol programmers are in short supply -- plus, the language itself holds the promise of longevity. All that loose talk about mainframes going away has subsided, and companies committed to big iron need Cobol pros to give them love.
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I started out as an Assembler programmer
and then learned COBOL when the Edict was
"Thou Shall not code in Assembler"
I'm 7 years from retirement and my hair turned
hoary when I stated coding with Java/XMScript.
Prefer Assembler.
However, its good to know, I can still find love
with COBOL.