I sure as fuck didn't think we'd see a flood of "SEEKING COBOL DEVELOPER" posts. But... as all those old guys fade out of the business, someone still has to mai

I sure as fuck didn't think we'd see a flood of "SEEKING COBOL DEVELOPER" posts. But... as all those old guys fade out of the business, someone still has to maintain the mainframes. These massive mission-critical systems have struggled to migrate to the cloud. Realizing that a lot of the old machines are equal parts software and hardware... it's pretty crazy. I'm sure I'd want to die, but the rates for COBOL devs blow my mind. Wish someone had told me, "Startups are fun, but look at how few of them make a buck. Be a dev, but focus on enterprise and public sector services..." As someone who likes making money, probably just as much if not more than solving problems... like happy for successes with startups in my 20s but I don't think it's something anyone should count on. Look for a nice fat enterprise / government contract. Buy yourself nice toys. Don't waste your time on projects that can't self-fund day 1.