Battle of the Ages; Stereotypes Collide

JCOTTON writes "A CIO.com article By Phil Murphy explains that "The hype around the shortage of qualified legacy technologists grows each day. Pundits would have us believe that 1.5 million COBOL programmers will suddenly disappear one day, leaving any company with legacy technology in dire straits. The truth is that there are far more programmers with legacy skills looking for work than there are jobs for them, as evidenced by organizations like Legacy Reserves, which functions as a training and job matching service for unemployed or underemployed programmers wishing to modernize their skills." This article explains many of the issues facing "the upper half" of Information Technology workers."

Comments

C++ now a legacy language

[Animats]

C++ is already becoming a legacy language. Java and C# are taking over for business apps. C++ is too hard and too bug-prone, and its flaws aren't being fixed.

There are probably as many C++ programmers today as there will ever have to be.

Re:but the problem may be worker revulsion

[Anne Thwacks]

The real issue here is HR departments who are attempting to recruit under 30's with > 30 years experience.

If you can understand that if (A > 30) then !(A 30) you probably do not work in the HR department