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  > It will slowly become the new cobol.
Which means that it may become lucrative to transition yourself into being a Java developer now rather than later.


Please explain.


You wait for a few decades, and then find work at the kind of companies that still need maintenance work on decades-old code. Presumably, by that time you'll be one of the few practicing Java coders left, and you'll be able to charge big bucks for your scarcity, and hopefully, skill set.

If that sounds appealing to you, then you may want to start learning Java now.


Today good COBOL programmers can make a lot of money maintaining legacy systems for banks and other large enterprises.




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