What’s the oldest programming language that is still on the market? Python is in its thirties. C is almost fifty years old. Fortran is in its sixties. And still in use!

There’s another computer language dinosaur that’s used intensely. One that you’ve probably never heard of. Meet sixty-odd COBOL.

Used in 80 percent of all in-person transactions and 95 percent of all cash machines, COBOL is the programming language of money. More than 200 billion lines of COBOL are still in use today, and all that needs to be maintained.

Now more than ever. As unemployment claims are going through the roof, the ancient — and COBOL-based — social security systems are overloaded. So governors are willing to do anything to get their hands on COBOL programmers.

So if you want to get a few big paychecks and do something to help those who are affected by this crisis, COBOL is the way to go.

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