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IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states:
The economic stresses of the coronavirus pandemic have created a surge in demand for COBOL programmers. Last week, for example, the governor of New Jersey put out a call for COBOL programmers to help fix problems with the software that runs the state's unemployment insurance system.
A new initiative from IBM seeks to connect states with experienced COBOL programmers—and to train a new generation of them.
"In the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, our clients are facing unprecedented circumstances," an IBM press release says. Some states "are in need of additional programming skills to make changes to COBOL—a language that has been widely reported to have an estimated 220 billion lines of code being actively used today."
A new online forum, co-sponsored by the Open Mainframe Project, aims to connect COBOL programmers to people wanting to hire them.
At least this time they're offering to pay.
Previously:
COBOL-Coding Volunteers Sought as Creaking Mainframes Slow New Jersey's Coronavirus Response
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 14 2020, @07:29AM (6 children)
Maybe someone should have been managing the risk (and associated cost) of running legacy systems?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Tuesday April 14 2020, @07:52AM
No more H1B visas?
(grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday April 14 2020, @09:02AM
That would require someone worry about risks in computing [ncl.ac.uk].
Joisey, huh? With the right accent, I think you could negotiate an appropriate rate, sign-on bonus, and work environment [youtube.com], particularly if your previous employer wasn't particularly humanitarian, and if you could take it or leave it.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday April 14 2020, @04:55PM
They were managing it.
Saying to themselves: "I sure hope I retire before the statistics of this risk catch up."
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 14 2020, @05:25PM (1 child)
Talk to SAP about converting the COBOL systems to ABAP
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 14 2020, @05:29PM
The sad part about this response is that it is a troll, true, what business has tried and failed to do, and will most likely be done to address "that legacy system maintenance cost issue". Problem is they rarely factor in TCO for Golfware. SAP charges per user. So if you service an entire health system then you pay per end user record which could be in the millions just for licencing fees. They may have copied this from Microsoft licencing practices.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday April 15 2020, @01:51PM
red button #1 an old cobol system, whose glitches you have gotten used to, that could come apart any minute now
red button #2 a js on jsp on javavm on systemd linux on linux subsystem for windows to be incrementally developed by millennials
*sweats profusely*
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