From: sc@fiat-linux.fr
Le 11-01-2026, Pancho a écrit :
> On 1/10/26 14:33, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
>> Mostly new developers don't want to learn COBOL. They want to program
>> video games, AI or other new things. But programming back end COBOL for
>> banks don't attract new developers. So when someone learn computer
>> science in university it's not to program in COBOL. But when someone
>> learned Biology or other course without job opportunity, learning COBOL
>> is better than being jobless or working for Mc Donald or other low level
>> job.
>>
>
> Most of my career I worked on banking systems, I've never seen Cobol.
> I'm not saying it isn't there, just not on any system I ever came into
> contact with.
I've never worked on banking systems. But I've been in touch with people
who have. And they all told me the same: for the front end there is no
more need of Cobol since years, but the back end is a different story.
> I suspect McDonald's promotes people capable of writing software.
Of course they do. What I mean is: when you have a PhD in biology you
can't expect to get hired like a people capable of writing software. But
you can get hired as someone capable to sell hamburgers. With a huge
difference in salary. But when you have a PhD in biology, for every
available job, there are more than ten of people wanting to have it. So,
if you are among the nine reminding one, you can expect to be hired by a
desperate bank which will be willing teach you programming for a lower
salary than a ready programmer but much higher than an hamburger seller.
OK, the bank won't hire you directly, a digital service company (I don't
know the English translation, sorry) will take care of that.
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