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The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore (COBOL History lesson) (www.youtube.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Just knowing the language isn't enough to make the obscene money. You have to also be very familiar with the systems that use the language, and that takes years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have domain knowledge for some usages at least, and worked on things that were converted fairly recently from COBOL and places that still had AS/400 and such in use. I am aware I would need experience (beyond personal) before any real money would be there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Try it out! Being a self taught programmer is incredibly rewarding.