# COBOL freshman with 30+ years AppDev experience

**URL:** <https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/cobol-freshman-with-30-years-appdev-experience/3669>\
**Category:** Calling all COBOL Programmers\
**Created:** [April 14, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/cobol-freshman-with-30-years-appdev-experience/3669 "2020-04-14T23:05:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![tat2mem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@tat2mem](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/tat2mem)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/cobol-freshman-with-30-years-appdev-experience/3669/1 "2020-04-14T23:05:19Z")

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- Name: Thomas
- COBOL Experience: Advanced Beginner
- Location: Tennessee, USA
- Availability: Part-time to start, but all in with the right opportunity
- Availability Type: Available to hire

Currently at the director/manager level having worked in IT for more than 30 years. Working off hours on various development projects (paid and volunteer) to keep my skills fresh. I started with COBOL in my first few years, but was quickly swept away by the bright lights of client/server, web, and now cloud. Looking to re-invent myself with COBOL and bring some tribal knowledge to the table. I’m attracted to the fact that the kids don’t want to learn this anymore. I am willing to volunteer some time to gain practical experience since my “MVS virtual machine” will only take me so far, but I am dedicated to turning this into a full-time career shift. Thanks in advance.