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Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive (lemmy.world)

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[–] djehuti@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

This has been going on for decades. My dad became a COBOL programmer in 1980ish after taking an aptitude test in answer to a newspaper ad. Y2K consulting was a pretty good gig.