djehuti@programming.devtoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive
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7 months agoThis has been going on for decades. My dad became a COBOL programmer in 1980ish after taking an aptitude test in answer to a newspaper ad. Y2K consulting was a pretty good gig.
States always wind up being run by self-interested psychopaths.
That’s not a “flaw;” it’s the fundamental nature of the concept.