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Yeah, I know someone who had a consulting job for some obscure IBM mainframe "thing" and she basically got to do whatever she wanted with an amazing salary beca

by vxNsr 11y ago

Yeah, I know someone who had a consulting job for some obscure IBM mainframe "thing" and she basically got to do whatever she wanted with an amazing salary because she was one of 3 people in the world who knew anything about it.

yitchelle 11y ago
That is really "niche", but I wonder how transferable her skills are? in case those IBM mainframes becomes obsolete :-)
- BillinghamJ 11y ago
  They're already very obsolete. Doesn't mean the support contracts will go away though!
- dagw 11y ago
  There's very good money in being one the very few people in the world whom are really good at "obsolete" things.