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I wonder if COBOL would be a good choice for him to learn. Not the most in-demand, but probably not going away in 11.5 years

Edit: Another idea -- good excel and data science and visualization skills probably won't be going away too and may be more accessible if he doesn't have access to a command line

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I find that most COBOL positions want experts with lots of experience and knowledge of the company structure and JCL.

One other thing, most companies that still use this language are older/larger companies (like finance). They tend to be less forgiving in their background checks.

Today's equivalent is Java.

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