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Fair point. There was a discussion about an article asking why companies don't pay their Developers more to stay recently [1]. If I was maintaining some decade
by lytefm 5y ago
Fair point. There was a discussion about an article asking why companies don't pay their Developers more to stay recently [1].
If I was maintaining some decades-old legacy code and knew that my employer will most likely still be around and pay me a competitive salary for the rest of my life, I wouldn't mind just mastering COBOL.
But most companies go bust or lay off developers at some point, so keeping yourself employable by working with the latest tech stack is unfortunately quite a necessity.
[1] https://marker.medium.com/why-dont-tech-companies-pay-their-engineers-to-stay-b9c7e4b751e9 https://marker.medium.com/why-dont-tech-companies-pay-their-...
- Zababa 5y agoThat's what I've heard too, that most COBOL jobs don't pay that much and have been outsourced. > If I was maintaining some decades-old legacy code and knew that my employer will most likely still be around and pay me a competitive salary for the rest of my life, I wouldn't mind just mastering COBOL. That is how I feel too. In fact I'd prefer working on something that really lasts compared to the latest fad. But the differences in salary make this a difficult choices.