• @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    1721 days ago

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

    COBOL is just the turd on the shit cake.

      • @theRealBassist@lemmy.world
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        721 days 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

        • mesamuneOP
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          321 days 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.