I follow the State of Illinois’s requests for quotations pretty closely. An RFQ from the state just came across my desk. Illinois is looking for COBOL programmers. Sounds to me like Illinois is a bit behind the curve.
Is my memory playing tricks on me or it the case that back in the Y2K days, in 1998 or 1999, people were having a hard time getting old COBOL programmers to come out of retirement? Imagine what it’s like now!
Add “COBOL programmer” to the list of jobs that Americans won’t do.
