<div dir="ltr"><div>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??</div><div><br></div><div>Sean Kilpatrick<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 2:07 PM Phil Turmel via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Shoot! I guess I haven't raised my rates enough.<br>
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On 7/15/22 13:52, Jerald Sheets via Ale wrote:<br>
> Just answer “$300hr”. If someone bites, tell them you’ll start in 40 <br>
> days. That should be enough time to acquire the language.<br>
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> Jerald Sheets<br>
> <a href="mailto:questy@gmail.com" target="_blank">questy@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:questy@gmail.com" target="_blank">questy@gmail.com</a>><br>
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>> On Jul 13, 2022, at 12:07 PM, Pete Hardie via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a> <br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
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>> When every cold-call job offer requires COBOL, and your CV never <br>
>> mentions COBOL....<br>
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>> -- <br>
>> Pete Hardie<br>
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