State of New Jersey needs COBOL programmers

[Stefan Skoglund]

lör 2020-04-04 klockan 21:47 -0700 skrev Fred Cisin via cctalk:
> On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, Jeffrey Brace via cctalk wrote:
> > 
> https://josephsteinberg.com/covid-19-response-new-jersey-urgently-needs-cobol-programmers-yes-you-read-that-correctly/
> 
> In December 1999, they were looking for COBOL programmers.
> 
> They were told to update their software.
> 
> Now, 20 years later, they are looking for COBOL programmers, to start
> the 
> update project.
> 

To be fair, in this case updating your software means:

throw out the baby with the water
build a completely new IT infrastructure with everything
and expect things to work badly the next 5-8 years....
long enough to hinder/(be a millstone around) the governor's re-
election campagin

and then in 15 years, be prepared to redo....

Pundits like this steinberg is right and wrong - they doesn't
acknowledge how expensive new fangled information technology is.