Cobol
anyone in the banking industry know if its worth learning Cobol? I heard its still used by banks and that wont likely change. recommendations?
Also some scientists still use Fortran. Try looking in into that.
Practically the entire chemical simulation field depends on Fortran. It's miserable. Glad I left it behind
Plus the intel FORTRAN compiler is the dogs danglies performance wise
Better learn K, q and kdb to make the big bucks
C++ would be a safer bet q and kdb is so specific, while still a lot of good money making things are done with cpp
I believe OPs post was about nieche application specific technology. C++ is not nieche, and C++ devs for hire aren't too difficult to find.
Not worth learning if you're already at Uber. COBOL is not that complicated. Worked for it for a good number of years.
Youre right, it's the backbone for banks, insurance companies, etc. Having worked with cobol programmers on the past, their age was exclusively >55 and were at such a diff phase in their lives (grandkids). But they were essential to the company, and worked easy easy hours. Therefore my anecdotal advice points me to believe that cobol is the path to slow retirement. Take that for what you will, but if you're at uber I dont see why you'd ever need to pursue it
Insurance industry is still hiring COBOL experience;
Why would you mention that it was designed by a woman in the context of explaining how easy it is?
Yikes