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COBOL job ?

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by tsmith

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I was recently approached by a senior executive
of a major pc software company, who wanted to hire me to work on COBOL/mainframe development. This company, to my knowledge, has never even dealt with any type of COBOL development. I was
told that Iwould have to sign a document which
states that I can not discuss the nature of this
project with anyone, including my family. Does
anyone have a clue as to why a PC company wants
to develop COBOL applications/products?

Thanks,
T.S.

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by lrund

The only reason that I can figure is they want to be able to convert legacy COBOL programs to PC/intel server applications.

by rzan

Maybe the company is performing some contract work for the government and cannot disclose classified information about the project. Many govt projects involve the use of mainframe and cobol to run their systems. Are you sure they are not trying toforce you into signing a non-compete clause preventing you from working for their competition?

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