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DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nDid you know? More that 220 billion lines of COBOL code a
 re still in use which equals ~80% of the world's actively used code. 90% o
 f critical business applications use COBOL. 95% of ATM transactions are ha
 ndled by COBOL / 60% healthcare records. U.S. Government: Social Security\
 , Department of Defense Payment Systems\, Internal Revenue Service. Every 
 day $3 Trillion worth of transactions are handled by COBOL code.\n\nMan\, 
 with that much COBOL code being used it sure seems like it must be taught 
 in every school! Well\, the answer is that COBOL is so old that it's reall
 y not taught any more. The hip and cool language like Java\, Python\, C++ 
 are what the kids are learning today. However\, as those stats show you\, 
 it's really COBOL that runs the world that we live in.\n\nWhere things sta
 rt to get really interesting is when you take a look at just exactly who i
 s programming in COBOL today. The majority of COBOL programmers are quickl
 y approaching the magic age of 65 and you know what that means: they are g
 oing to retire!\n\nThis means that just about every bank\, financial insti
 tution\, and significant parts of the U.S. government are starting to real
 ize that they have a real problem on their hands - there is not going to b
 e anyone to support their COBOL programs!\n\nAttend this IEEE FWCS PACE se
 ssion and we'll reveal the secrets of COBOL to you. We can get you started
  on a path to learning how to program in COBOL. If this becomes something 
 that you can add to your resume\, then guess what: in just a few years you
  might be as hot as one of those AI programmers are today!\n\nJoin us and 
 find out what you have been missing!\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.iee
 e.org/m/501439
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/501439
ORGANIZER:jim.anderson@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:38
SUMMARY:COBOL: Your Secret To Long Term Job Security
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/501439
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><img style="display: block\; margin-left: 
 auto\; margin-right: auto\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui
 /media/display/5fabdbdc-3893-4cc8-b3fa-0f3a7b6ffab7" alt="" width="489" he
 ight="326"></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Did you know? More that 220 billion li
 nes of COBOL code are still in use which equals ~80% of the world's active
 ly used code.&nbsp\; 90% of critical business applications use COBOL. 95% 
 of ATM transactions are handled by COBOL / 60% healthcare records. U.S. Go
 vernment: Social Security\, Department of Defense Payment Systems\, Intern
 al Revenue Service. Every day $3 Trillion worth of transactions are handle
 d by COBOL code.</p>\n<p>Man\, with that much COBOL code being used it sur
 e seems like it must be taught in every school! Well\, the answer is that 
 COBOL is so old that it's really not taught any more. The hip and cool lan
 guage like Java\, Python\, C++ are what the kids are learning today. Howev
 er\, as those stats show you\, it's really COBOL that runs the world that 
 we live in.</p>\n<p>Where things start to get really interesting is when y
 ou take a look at just exactly who is programming in COBOL today. The majo
 rity of COBOL programmers are quickly approaching the magic age of 65 and 
 you know what that means: they are going to retire!</p>\n<p>This means tha
 t just about every bank\, financial institution\, and significant parts of
  the U.S. government are starting to realize that they have a real problem
  on their hands - there is not going to be anyone to support their COBOL p
 rograms!</p>\n<p>Attend this IEEE FWCS PACE session and we'll reveal the s
 ecrets of COBOL to you. We can get you started on a path to learning how t
 o program in COBOL. If this becomes something that you can add to your res
 ume\, then guess what: in just a few years you might be as hot as one of t
 hose AI programmers are today!</p>\n<p>Join us and find out what you have 
 been&nbsp\; missing!</p>
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