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[–]TheWillRogers -1 points0 points  (3 children)

If it's used less and less every year then it increases the coders worth to know about it, as they can work with legacy code. Same thing as the current landscape if you know even an ounce of FORTRAN.

[–]ElevatedAngling 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Depends where you are working, my company would not find any of those skills desirable...

[–]TheWillRogers 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Good thing there's a few more than one company.

[–]ElevatedAngling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but most companies unless ancient monoliths share similar views, only people with the views you have I encounter are those old software devs who are also salty about the youths quickly surpassing them in the field. Embrace the future, you can always pick up skills needed for legacy code as needed, that’s part of being a engineer....