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Mainframers are still in demand, just not with Cobol. You think all those
mainframe sales are just sitting around in the boxes they shipped in?
In a message dated 2/15/00 10:46:01 AM Pacific Standard Time,
prosys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Good point.....but to confirm the condition,
> ask any mainframe programmer if his value is going up or down in today's
> marketplace.
>
> today:
> Cobol programmers: $30 per hour
> Java Programmers: $120 per hour
> VB programmers: $60 per hour
>
> 5 years ago it was:
>
> Cobol programmers: $60 per hour
> Java Programmers: $0 per hour (didn't EXIST !)
> VB programmers: $40 per hour
>
> My, my....things do change. It all begins with an event or "trend change".
>
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