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Your ambition should be to be like COBOL. Solid, reliable , pervasive , persistent and irreplaceable. This 58 year old language refuses to die. Learn this language to be guaranteed a job for another few decades. According to research, up to 850 billion lines of COBOL code are currently running in nearly 30,000 organizations, typically in critical production environments. 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies rely on it. An estimated 43% of banking systems and 95% of ATM swipes utilize COBOL code. Thirty-four percent of coding activities are in COBOL. Seventy-five percent of the world's business data resides on mainframe systems

This is the reason Pivot Cloud Solutions invented Process Mapping and Migration technologies.

WHY I LEARNED COBOL? IT'S THE HOSTTEST COMMODITY IN THE 70s. IT'S COBOL THAT LET ME HIRED AT STATE FUND 40 YEARS AGO. I APPLIED FOR THE COBOL POSITION AS STAFF PROGRAMMER/ANALYST AND I GOT THE OFFER AND WORKED ON COBOL-II CONVERSION PROJECT AND EPAYROLL AS PROJECT MANAGER THE SAME TIME. I WORKED WITH PL/I AT UCSF AND COBOL TOO. I WORKED WITH RPG-II AT GLOBAL ASSOCIATES IN OAKLAND AFTER I TOOK THE CLASS. I ALSO WORKED WITH ASSEMBLER MACRO FOR CICS, IMS AND DB2. I WORKED WITH ADPAC PROGRAMMING SIMILAR TO ASSEMBLER LANGUAGE. YOU WILL NEVER RAN OUT OF JOBS IF YOU KNEW COBOL I TOLD MYSELF...:-) I ASKED MYSELF A QUESTION WHEN I START TO WORK WITH COBOL. WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE THAT THE COMPUTER SPEAKS UNTIL I RETIRED? LEARNING COBOL IS LIKE LEARNING ENGLISH. YOU WILL NOT GET ENGLISH OBSOLETE EVEN IN THE NEXT CIVILIZATIONS. YOU WILL NEVER FIND AN ARTIFACT CALLED COBOL IN OUR CIVILIZATIONS. COBOL IS EASY TO ME BECAUSE MY BACKGROUND IS ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL ...:-)

Old? New! COBOL, an amazing programming language, stands strong amid IT developments. While COBOL remains stable, its developers are aging and nearing retirement. To prepare for upcoming changes, analyze the number of retirees in the next 5 years, considering a 10% annual turnover. With a 10% annual team growth to align with code expansion, recruitment planning becomes crucial. It takes about three years for new developers to grasp the COBOL environment, highlighting the need for proactive planning. Senior developers must pass on knowledge, potentially impacting coding availability. Act now to assess your team and initiate recruitment for the new developer generation. There is a vast pool of eager talent waiting to contribute! If you require assistance, we specialize in preparing you to attract and onboard new COBOL developers. #COBOL #Developers #Recruitment #ITTeam #FuturePlanning #mainframe

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Overview of COBOL: COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) is one of the oldest high-level programming languages designed for business applications. Developed in the late 1950s, COBOL was created to meet the growing demand for a programming language that could handle large-scale data processing tasks in commercial environments. Despite its age, COBOL remains prevalent in many legacy systems, particularly in industries such as banking, insurance, and government, where stability and reliability are paramount. Modernization efforts often involve integrating COBOL systems with newer technologies rather than replacing them entirely. Overall, in my experience I have seen COBOL's longevity, readability, and robust data processing capabilities have made it a staple language in the business world, ensuring the continued relevance of COBOL programmers and applications for years to come. #mainframe #mainframedeveloper #cobol #history

This article/video provides a unique professional perspective: The real COBOL programmer shortage is 5-10 years out (https://lnkd.in/g3M3KS5t)

At OpenText we strive to inform and improve upon existing #COBOL development and #mainframe modernization technology to deliver better solutions for our customers and the community. To support this, we commissioned Vanson Bourne to study customer experiences building, deploying, and modernizing secure, enterprise applications. 📣 If you work with mainframe, host access or COBOL applications, please take part in the mainframe modernization survey: https://bit.ly/3sziTB5 #MainframeModernization #ApplicationModernization #Mainframe #COBOL

At OpenText we strive to inform and improve upon existing #COBOL development and #mainframe modernization technology to deliver better solutions for our customers and the community. To support this, we commissioned Vanson Bourne to study customer experiences building, deploying, and modernizing secure, enterprise applications. 📣 If you work with mainframe, host access or COBOL applications, please take part in the mainframe modernization survey: https://bit.ly/3sziTB5 #MainframeModernization #ApplicationModernization #Mainframe #COBOL