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

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

I had a friend at university who got a job fixing cobol stuff before Y2K. The bank paid him extremely well, housed him in a luxury apartment during the job, and, as he had no driving licence, dropped in a car with free driver for him.