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Laugh now, but COBOL programmers are going to live forever.



That's not all that bad, when you think about it. You get to work on a piece of software that is probably older than you and has been hardened over decades, your entire set of responsibilities is light maintenance. This should leave you enough time to also work on other projects, preferably open-source ones and hone your skills in preparation for the day that software gets replaced.




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