Writing the COBOL probably isn’t the hard part. Reading 60 year old code that had to run in 16k of core to figure out what slice of business logic it contributes… yeah.
I used to laugh about COBOL, who can take it seriously, right?
But now that I’m working in a larger company I can assure you that COBOL is the backbone of large industry. Aviation, finance, railway operations, insurance, you name it. We’re talking software running nonstop for decades.
At least it wasn’t COBOL
COBOL has job security
Not to mention what you can charge being one of the few people who can still write COBOL
Writing the COBOL probably isn’t the hard part. Reading 60 year old code that had to run in 16k of core to figure out what slice of business logic it contributes… yeah.
I used to laugh about COBOL, who can take it seriously, right? But now that I’m working in a larger company I can assure you that COBOL is the backbone of large industry. Aviation, finance, railway operations, insurance, you name it. We’re talking software running nonstop for decades.