And, this shit has been going on for 20 years, my uncle (now in his 80's) made bank Cobol contracting and subcontracting EXACTLY the same way in the run up to Y

And, this shit has been going on for 20 years, my uncle (now in his 80's) made bank Cobol contracting and subcontracting EXACTLY the same way in the run up to Y2K: hiring developers "early retired".