Bring back Grand Prix Legends! I haven't played recent sims, but Grand Prix Legends was ahead of its time and took sims to the next level.

Why more than a million!

I'm a COBOL programmer you insensitive clod.

Will you allow this change?
ALLOW CANCEL

Allow

Can I trade in my hemi? Ok, so it's not so old at 2007. But it consumes a lot of gas. And for the good of the environment, it should be off the road. I can and should be able to find a more fuel efficient work truck. So can I get a voucher for fair market value of my hemi?

I wrote this up quickly this morning. I'd like to expand on it a little bit.

If you're looking for a profession where you don't have to continually upgrade your skills, then COBOL is for you. You can go for many many years without having to learn the new latest craze in the industry.

I work supporting Peoplesoft code which has a large COBOL base of code that we need to support and customize. I have a couple Java certifications, but I am not doing anything related to it. I got the Java certs simply to redeem myself in a way. I wanted to know I could still write thread safe GUI object oriented code in a client/server environment and that's what the SCJD did for me. But the COBOL pays the bills.

Now if you want to code in Java or any other modern language, that's fine. But be prepared to have to continually upgrade your skills. Be prepared to get past the resume screeners and first interviews that you will need to get through to get jobs. But as an example, if you don't know a specific version of hibernate, you may be out of luck.

There is also a lot of truth in the COBOL is written once, modified hundreds of times, and runs for decades. That's job security! Java is re-written in the latest craze framework every few years. That might be considered job security, except the fact that HR staff will seek out people specifically with those skills. Constant upgrade of skills on your part is important.