The Good, The Bad, and Suboptimal of Sticking to What You Know


 

The Good

In the late 1990s, one of the world’s most popular technologies was waning. COBOL. Relational databases were starting to take over, and COBOL usage was waning. By now, you would think it was utterly dead, right? You would be wrong.

Go to a search engine and look for COBOL jobs, and you will find that not only is COBOL not dead, but according to sources like InfoWorld, it is somewhat hanging in there. While it is not exactly celebrated as modern technology, it is not in palliative care either.

Almost any technology you invest your time in will