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  3. OK, this ad I just saw was worth a chuckle -- for one of the "find potential new hires quickly" online sites.

OK, this ad I just saw was worth a chuckle -- for one of the "find potential new hires quickly" online sites.

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  • Lauren WeinsteinL This user is from outside of this forum
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    OK, this ad I just saw was worth a chuckle -- for one of the "find potential new hires quickly" online sites.

    Two workers standing on a catwalk above a car assembly line. The robot arm is smashing the cars.

    Guy1: "We need someone who knows COBOL!"

    Guy2: "What's COBOL?"

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    • Lauren WeinsteinL Lauren Weinstein

      OK, this ad I just saw was worth a chuckle -- for one of the "find potential new hires quickly" online sites.

      Two workers standing on a catwalk above a car assembly line. The robot arm is smashing the cars.

      Guy1: "We need someone who knows COBOL!"

      Guy2: "What's COBOL?"

      AI6YR BenA This user is from outside of this forum
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      @lauren LOL was chatting with someone over the holidays and they were telling me about their classes in school (graduated in the 70's). "We had to learn COBOL! Do you know what COBOL is?! No one knows what COBOL is!" 😂 (I do...)

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        @lauren LOL was chatting with someone over the holidays and they were telling me about their classes in school (graduated in the 70's). "We had to learn COBOL! Do you know what COBOL is?! No one knows what COBOL is!" 😂 (I do...)

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        @ai6yr When the original Battlestar Galactica aired, I was very amused by the Lords of COBOL references. OK, they really didn't spell it that way, but still ...

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          @ai6yr When the original Battlestar Galactica aired, I was very amused by the Lords of COBOL references. OK, they really didn't spell it that way, but still ...

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          @lauren @ai6yr

          I regret to report that "Kobol" in Battlestar Galactica was a Mormon mythology reference instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolob#Kolob_as_the_inspiration_for_Kobol_in_Battlestar_Galactica

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