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> the COBOL devs who actually know how to maintain them get more and more expensive COBOL doesn't actually pay that well, no matter how badly the business depe
by commandlinefan 6y ago
> the COBOL devs who actually know how to maintain them get more and more expensive
COBOL doesn't actually pay that well, no matter how badly the business depends on it. The law of supply and demand would suggest that it should, but it still really doesn't.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoit did back then... during Y2K I worked with COBOL devs who were enticed out of retirement with $500+ hourly rates