Cobol Post

Cobol Post
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While everyone's out here fighting over whether React is better than Vue, or if Rust will replace C++, or debating the merits of microservices versus monoliths, there's a silent army of COBOL developers quietly cashing checks that would make a FAANG engineer jealous.

Born in 1959, COBOL is literally older than most programming paradigms we argue about today. Yet it still runs 95% of ATM transactions and processes about $3 trillion in commerce daily. Banks, insurance companies, and government agencies are desperate for COBOL devs because nobody learns it anymore—supply and demand at its finest.

So while the tech bros are having a royal rumble about the hottest new JavaScript framework that'll be obsolete in 6 months, COBOL devs are just vibing, maintaining legacy systems, and getting paid premium rates to touch code that's been running longer than they've been alive. Job security? Try career immortality.

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