[nfbcs] [Fwd: Article on COBOL - Computerworld]

[John Heim]

To some degree it depends on the programming language. Maybe there's object 
oriented cobol now, I wouldn't know. But its pretty much true that if you 
know one object oriented programming language, you know them all. Its 
important because programming languages  come and go. When I interview 
people, I care a little if they know the programming language we know. But I 
care way, way more that they have shown competency with several programming 
languages.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] [Fwd: Article on COBOL - Computerworld]


> Hi Leslie.
> I don't know what programs offer COBOL anymore.  I just passed on an
> article that was passed on to me.
> It's true that, once one knows programming concepts, one can learn lots of
> languages.  But, in my experience, knowing a language well lets me use all
> kinds of things to make my code more efficient and/or understandable.  (Of
> course, no one seems to care about efficiency anymore, but I still do.)
> And I know, when my boss is hiring, he'll give preference to someone who
> already knows the languages we use the most, if he can find someone who
> does.  And C is not something we use much at all, but COBOL is still being
> written in my shop.  I expect it will be for at least another 10 years,
> maybe longer.
> On the other hand, the guy who gave me the article works for a bank that
> is shipping jobs to India as fast as it can.  Maybe they'll finally ship
> the CEO's job there as well, and it will be Bank of Mumbai, instead of
> Bank of NY. But the fat cats never cut their own jobs, oh my no.
> Tracy
>
>> Hi Tracy:
>>
>> From a rehab counselor's perspective, I didn't realize that COBOL was
>> still in demand. What training institutions still offer it?
>>
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>> decision!
>>
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