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> Honestly, if you apply for any of those jobs with even a passing familiarity of COBOL you're pretty much guaranteed.

This is interesting. How the companies there react to the fact that one doesn't have an academic degree despite IBM devops knowledge?

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That I honestly don't know. Everyone but one person in the compiler area had at least a Bachelor's degree, and that one person had what was essentially a 4 year diploma. I'm not familiar enough with any of the areas or the bank hiring to know for sure.

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