COBOL
| Field | Computer Science |
| Went Obsolete | Never |
| Made Obsolete By | Nothing |
| Knowledge Assumed | The knowledge needed to perform the skill |
| When useful | When this skill could still be used in the real world |
Who comes up with this stuff? Search on HotJobs? or Monster for COBOL developers. There's no shortage.
I totally agree. Almost every ATM is programmed using COBOL. COBOL programmers will be in demand for years to come.
Ever see that commercial where all the plastic items in the room just melt and disappear? If COBOL were to disappear tomorrow, banks would have to shut down, you couldn't use a credit card and you couldn't get your driver's license renewed.
The latest ISO/ANSI standard for COBOL was 2002 (the fourth standard, if memory serves) so obsolescence is still a good number of years off. What seems to obsolete is COBOL taught in universities.
COBOL is still taught in universities. Banks have created partnerships with certain universities to create satellite courses where retired/current COBOL programmers train The Future COBOL Programmers of Tomorrow.
This is true, I'm being taught COBOL in our university as we speak.
As a 28 year old with two years of COBOL experience, I'm just biding my time until all of the old contractors die and I can swoop in and make millions!
“COBOL is alive and well in the Insurance industry. Remember, the easiest fix for Y2K? was updating all of the poorly coded COBOL programs out there, not replace them.”
