Re Re Re CoBOL and Contracting

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There is a Job Postings Per Capita map at
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends.jsp
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what are the chances that programming jobs fall within the norm on that graph? interesting spread don't you think?

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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 02:44:55 -0500, "SeaSideSam" <Sam@theSeaSide> wrote:

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>There is a Job Postings Per Capita map at
>http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends.jsp
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>what are the chances that programming jobs fall within the norm on that graph? interesting spread don't you think?

Lacking evidence to the contrary, I assume IT jobs track total jobs.

The numbers are relative, not absolute. A small city such as Milwaukee is growing at a
faster rate than nearby Chicago, but the absolute number of job openings in Chicago is
still five times greater than openings in Milwaukee. In other words, it might be easier to
find a job in Chicago (although there will be more competition for it).

The best places to find a Cobol job, based on my recent perusal of ads, are Washington DC,
Boston, Hartford CT and Charlotte. In the 1990s, all the growth was in Florida. In the
early 2000s, it was in Dallas, Atlanta, Phoenix and Las Vegas. Cobol doesn't follow geneal
economic growth, it tends to lag behind. That's why Cobol opportunities are in old money
places such as Boston and Hartford, and in industries, such as health care, banking and
telecom, with old ideas and/or an established code base.

Cobol jobs used to be divided one third Unix and two thirds mainframe. The Unix side,
where I live, has dried up on the last year or two. Now, Cobol opportunities are
predominantly mainframe.

The total number of mainframes in the world is 10,000. It has not changed in decades. It's
lower than people think. The number of Unix servers is in the tens of millions. Big ones,
like HP Superdomes I work on, are comparable to mainframes in size, speed and cost --
64-128 CPUs and a few million dollars per box. IBM's p-series AIX is running second; Sun
is running a distant third and falling behind.

In article <nso6c4lqcsirt3q8n0pfpqjvv3gv29crha@4ax.com>,
Robert <no@e.mail> wrote:
>On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 02:44:55 -0500, "SeaSideSam" <Sam@theSeaSide> wrote:
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>>-------------------------
>>There is a Job Postings Per Capita map at
>>http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends.jsp
>>-------------------------
>>
>>what are the chances that programming jobs fall within the norm on that
>graph? interesting spread don't you think?
>
>Lacking evidence to the contrary, I assume IT jobs track total jobs.

Lacking evidence to the contrary do you assume that pink unicorns live in
underground cities on the far side of the moon, as well?

DD

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:34:31 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@panix.com () wrote:

>In article <nso6c4lqcsirt3q8n0pfpqjvv3gv29crha@4ax.com>,
>Robert <no@e.mail> wrote:
>>On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 02:44:55 -0500, "SeaSideSam" <Sam@theSeaSide> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>-------------------------
>>>There is a Job Postings Per Capita map at
>>>http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends.jsp
>>>-------------------------
>>>
>>>what are the chances that programming jobs fall within the norm on that
>>graph? interesting spread don't you think?
>>
>>Lacking evidence to the contrary, I assume IT jobs track total jobs.
>
>Lacking evidence to the contrary do you assume that pink unicorns live in
>underground cities on the far side of the moon, as well?
>
>DD

Oh come on Doc. Everyone knows that pink unicorns come from the pink
planet...Mercury!

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