This is true, Tom.
Some technologies never die ...
Personally, COBOL and CICS are not my favorite
skillsets, *but* <knock wood> if it ever comes down to
going back to coding in COBOL or being unemployed then
....
- "Mercadante, Thomas F" <NDATFM_at_labor.state.ny.us>
wrote:
> it's a quiet little secret in consultant-land right
> now that the older
> technologies are in play. as the older-folks
> retire, there is a need for
> cobol-based support. especially in NY state
> agencies.
>
>
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> Goulet, Dick scribbled on the wall in glitter
> crayon:
>
> > OH, ANCIENT History!!
>
> ummmm... do i admit to getting a job hit last week
> because i know CICS?;-)
>
> it's still out there and still being used.
>
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