Yeah, I left the field. I was just learning COBOL, and MS was already out there with DOS. I was a pygmy in the field of computers regarding languages and operating systems.
I could not keep up with the Industry. I ain't that bright, but maybe I am a little bright.
>>Yeah, I left the field. I was just learning COBOL
Hmm, you probably don’t want to hear this now but you probably coulda done pretty well with COBOL for a while.
Lots of legacy code out there... and of course the COBOL survivors made a killing at Y2K. I knew a few “COBOL dudes”.
But I hear ya. If I had it to do again, I think I’d have been a fireman. Almost became a cop, back in ‘82; but my dad was a cop for over 25 years and he and his co-workers talked me out of it because things were changing (affirmative action) and I had an opportunity to “Get into computers”.
I.S. has been good to me, but it’s not a path I’ll encourage any of my kids to follow.