[greencore]

I think that the problem is not that coders don't want to learn COBOL but that it's so niche language and you have almost no job mobility. If corporations would offer contracts with extra huge severance packages then IMO there would appear enough COBOL enthusiasts.

[spaced-out]

Seriously. Every time I see one of these COBOL articles posted here, I just scroll through to see if there are salary stats, there never are.

If you want to convince people to learn COBOL, convince people you can have a great career as a COBOL developer, or at least as a developer with COBOL in your toolkit. I've yet to see anyone convincingly make that case.

[praptak]

Also it's not like you are fighting Covid or the global climate change. Helping solve "the COBOL crisis" will just let some corporations save some money.