• @[email protected]
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    171 month ago

    Maintaining old code is the real drawback. Surely nobody finds that fun.

    COBOL is just the turd on the shit cake.

    • @bradboimler
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      91 month ago

      Pay me to do it remotely and I’ll jump at the chance

      • @theRealBassist
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        71 month ago

        Friend of mine maintains COBOL for an insurance company. He lives on the opposite side of the country from his business, and is only on call one weekend a month.

        Dude got hired before he even graduated, getting paid 70k, and gets to live wherever he wants.

        I would kill for that lol

        • @[email protected]
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          131 month ago

          70k is likely way underpaid for dealing with COBOL. I’ve heard of people making 200k for being on-call

        • mesamuneOP
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          31 month ago

          Yep I worked in insurance and COBOL. Mostly getting it out of COBOL. Working remote is so nice! I’m hybrid right now it’s excellent.