Friend has a cobol + IBM AIX combo going for him and his on call + at most 1 day/week of work position pays more than my full time very senior dev role.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hmm I have the AIX half of that. Maybe learning COBOL is worth the pain..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know a person who does AIX consulting with Cobol. She works about 4-8 weeks a year spread between 3 companies and makes enough to raise a family and fund a massive hobby farm. Helps to be in an area with a large fintech presence I imagine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Very nice, yeah that's the problem. I broke into AIX in the wholesale industry in early 2000's so I have very few finance connections, which is where it all seems to be.

I have also been work from home for 7 years now and figured I'd have to go onsite for banks. That may have changed post covid. I will poke around and see what might be out there for me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Idk what the AIX job market is right now, but several years ago banks in central Europe poached employees back and forth just to reach minimum staff required.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The OGs are. The new trainees ain't.
Which makes sense, but they are still being seriously taken advantage of.