New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy put out a request for programmers familiar with outdated computer language COBOL to help with its coronavirus response.

Yes, Cobol is dying -- just not yet. In that gap, some wily coders see opportunity for a career, or at least a secure job.

In this case, the ask was not for folks with medical training but for programmers. Specifically, New Jersey was seeking programmers who knew how to code COBOL, a programming language that is widely ...

says that Cobol jobs may still exist. I need to know how that’s possible. Since I was laid off in 2001 I cannot find jobs and have been struggling to find one. I live in major metropolitan area ...

The share of searches per million for the programming language COBOL on the job site Indeed grew 707% during the coronavirus crisis. While job seekers are interested in the language — largely ...

With 75% of business data still processed using Cobol, a new generation of programmers is needed to replace retirement-age boomers.

Colleges aren’t cranking out Cobol programmers anymore, and skills availability is one of the top three concerns in mainframe shops, says Dale Vecchio, an analyst at Gartner. Some organizations ...

Tom Jodel, who is himself a programmer, interviewed his mother, who works as an IBM mainframe COBOL programmer at a major bank, about banking systems. Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL ...

Contract: 6-12 months Location: Only Cape Town-based applicants will be considered Financial Services Hybrid (2-3 days on site) We are seeking a highly skilled COBOL Programmer to join our dynamic ...