The COBOL Skills Shortage

<p>It may be hard to believe for some of you but there's a 60-year old computer code called COBOL that's still in use today and now it's having some "serious" problems.</p> <p>For the past week or so, it seems like every trade publication or industry website is sounding the alarms because COBOL is falling apart. To make things worse, there's a considerable skills gap when it comes to this ancient code.</p> <p>In this episode of The Hacks, Chunga and Tom discuss whether or not there's reason to panic over COBOL. They also talk about the possibility of other, old computer codes having a similar problem. Listen now!</p> <p><strong>To learn more about this episode:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/ibm-scrambles-to-find-or-train-more-cobol-programmers-to-help-states"> IBM Scrambles To Find More COBOL Programmers</a></p> <p><strong>Follow us on Twitter:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/thehackscast">@thehackscast</a></p> <p><strong>Send us an email, we'd love to talk with you!</strong></p> <p><a href= "mailto:thehacks@saltsack.com">thehacks@saltsack.com</a></p> <p> </p>