Cows Look Like Maps to Programmer [email protected] • 11 months agoYou can have anything you wan...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down142file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•11 months agoNo, the flip side of this wish is your knowledge is frozen in time to when you make the wish and can never be updated. You gradually become more and more outdated as you fail to grasp even the simplest of changes to all languages in current usage.
minus-squarechaogomulinkfedilink20•11 months agoSo I forever work on legacy systems. Not ideal, but there’s quite a bit of job security in it.
minus-squareBoneheadlinkfedilink11•11 months agoThe upside to this is that you can still make good money as a legacy programmer. Just look at COBOL job listings.
minus-squareMaggiWuerzelinkfedilink1•11 months agoAt that point your fame as a Rockstar Dev (I hate myself for typing that) will allow you to transition to a cushy ceo position.
No, the flip side of this wish is your knowledge is frozen in time to when you make the wish and can never be updated. You gradually become more and more outdated as you fail to grasp even the simplest of changes to all languages in current usage.
So I forever work on legacy systems.
Not ideal, but there’s quite a bit of job security in it.
The upside to this is that you can still make good money as a legacy programmer. Just look at COBOL job listings.
The ol’ monkey’s paw
Well damn, that’s kind of evil.
At that point your fame as a Rockstar Dev (I hate myself for typing that) will allow you to transition to a cushy ceo position.