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      • @cheese_greater
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        1 year ago

        Fraudsters HATE this one old-timey computer language

        Edit: for real tho, can learning COBOL easily translate into some bank or bank-adjacent role even if they don’t have a CS degree or whatever?

        • @[email protected]
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          I’ve heard 2nd stories of the few old-timers who still know COBAL, FORTRAN, etc who have very generous salaries working in sectors like banking. It’s probably too late now though.

          • @theherk
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            Isn’t too late. Work in a very large bank. Some of the COBOL underpinnings will probably never die. The same cannot be said for their maintainers.

        • @hamptonio
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          You’re probably better off learning java at this point, its the future equivalent of COBOL for banking.