[ale] You know you're getting old....

Sean Kilpatrick kilpatms at gmail.com
Fri Jul 15 14:24:10 EDT 2022


My brother was a COBOL programer when the date-mess occured.  He VERY
quickly took all references to COBOL off his CV.  And other than a few
government agencies that are stuck with antiquated equipment, who is still
using COBOL??

Sean Kilpatrick

On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 2:07 PM Phil Turmel via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Shoot!  I guess I haven't raised my rates enough.
>
> On 7/15/22 13:52, Jerald Sheets via Ale wrote:
> > Just answer “$300hr”.  If someone bites, tell them you’ll start in 40
> > days.  That should be enough time to acquire the language.
> >
> > Jerald Sheets
> > questy at gmail.com <mailto:questy at gmail.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Jul 13, 2022, at 12:07 PM, Pete Hardie via Ale <ale at ale.org
> >> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >> When every cold-call job offer requires COBOL, and your CV never
> >> mentions COBOL....
> >>
> >> --
> >> Pete Hardie
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