Social Security has 60 million lines of COBOL in prod. http://oig.ssa.gov/sites/default/files/audit/full/pdf/A-14-11-11132_0.pdf … cc @StartupLJackson (who got me thinking of it)
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@patio11 Hmm, I know my dad has been coding in COBOL for the last ~45 years. He and his elderly peers command a great wage.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 guess that'll be a massive problem if trying to hire people who already know COBOL… but total nonissue if they just train CS grads.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 don't worry social security will run out of money long before it runs out of COBOL engineers
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@patio11 60 million lines of anything in prod is simultaneously amazing and scary.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 I learned it in high school (in chicago) a decade or so ago. So there is at least a gaggle of kids in their 30s that can do it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 Not to mention that students choosing to take a COBOL course in 2015+ might just fail any psych evaluation you have.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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