New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy put out a request for programmers familiar with outdated computer language COBOL to help with its coronavirus response.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

Despite the rise of AI, COBOL dominates US job listings. A review shows high demand for this old language in sectors like ...

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.

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 ...