[TamDenholm]

Jacques mentioned in the article that someone doing COBOL gets paid megabucks, i did a very quick search on UK job sites for contractors and they seem to make the same day rate as PHP developers. Is it different elsewhere? Is it just in permanent jobs that it commands more money? Anyone know where and why COBOL gets the big bucks?

[roqetman]

Personally, I think it's a myth. I did a lot of y2k work in cobol in '98-'99. It has been on my resume ever since then, but I've not had one recruiter call me up asking about my cobol skills, just my more recent java and db skills.

[allbutlost]

I know a guy (UK) who was able to retire after consulting for COBOL y2k compliance. I think big bucks were floating around back then at least, not sure about the current situation.