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

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Fuck that job I would probably get stomach cancer from all the stress

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It really wouldn't be all that bad. If they're dropping $2m/y on a database admin, then their BCDR plan must be rock solid with crazy fault tolerances. I'd imagine outages are extremely rare.

But, if they're dropping that kind of money, you'd have to be an expert in the field. Or know someone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

$2m is enough to pay for chemotherapy

[–] noli 17 points 11 months ago

Flipping burgers is enough to pay for chemotherapy. Src: am european

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah I had convinced myself that I would only do it for a year and be able to retire much much sooner.