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Maybe you haven't been reading http://thedailywtf.com http://thedailywtf.com. Most programming jobs are as you have experienced. Maybe 1% of 1% work for start
by CyberFonic 10y ago
Maybe you haven't been reading http://thedailywtf.com http://thedailywtf.com. Most programming jobs are as you have experienced. Maybe 1% of 1% work for startups on exciting projects. The rest just do maintenance on Java EE or worse COBOL.
- Bino 10y agoCOBOL is actually very good money nowadays. There are more legacy systems than programmers left. Learn COBOL and #StayAflotForAWhile
- kayla210 10y agoYep. I'm working as a COBOL developer now and the language itself is fairly simple to read and write. The hard part is learning the systems in place and how everything talks to each other, since the systems have been in place since before I was born and have just been growing ever since.
- guitarbill 10y agoMuch like working for a bank, which is also well paid in the UK, doing COBOL maintenance is pretty unsatisfying to a lot of people. Probably why it's so well paid.
- bbcbasic 10y agoJava shops
- gjolund 10y ago*javascript Ftfy
- Grishnakh 10y agoAnd there's plenty of horror stories about startups: ridiculous long hours, lackluster pay, and then getting totally screwed on the promised partial ownership/shares when the company gets sold. There's pretty much no way I'd ever work for a startup. Too much risk and little up-front reward.