I knew a small department of cobol programmers. I worked one bay over from them in the mid 90's. They had a million+ line program that did the payroll for a maj

I knew a small department of cobol programmers. I worked one bay over from them in the mid 90's. They had a million+ line program that did the payroll for a major aerospace company. Honestly, it seemed like they had a pretty good job. Decent pay, decent benefits, decent hours, not much stress, no ageism, etc .. a great way to raise a family.