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What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language? (programming.dev)
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[–] PortugalSpaceMoon@infosec.pub 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I wanted to see what the COBOL job market looked like. So I learned the superficial basics of COBOL in a day or two, just so I wouldn't be a complete fraud when I put it into my linkedin profile as a skill to see what happens.

[–] Sentient_Modem@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How did that turn out for you?

[–] PortugalSpaceMoon@infosec.pub 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Didn't get a single reqeust, so this had less impact than expected. Thought there was more old rusty companies looking for a non-retired engineer.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah I think that's mostly a myth. When I looked up salaries they were definitely good (for programming; amazing for the average person), but not "I would write COBOL for that" good.

There aren't really that many old COBOL systems around. I think it's mostly just over-reported because you can write an article about how some government department still uses COBOL but you can't write about one that switched to Java.