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> A lot of this stuff is hacked together by young aspiring programmers just finding their footing, often grossly underpaid, and with very little experience or f

> A lot of this stuff is hacked together by young aspiring programmers just finding their footing, often grossly underpaid, and with very little experience or formal training. Which is great, respect the hustle! But not so super when personal data is being handled. Luckily, it kind of looks like they maybe dodged that bullet in this case? This is an odd generalization to me - are the massive mainframe COBOL systems handling personal data at banks to this day, "hacked together" by underpaid young programmers? I'm sure they were underpaid... but inexperienced with no formal training?

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bongodongobob 3y ago
You went straight to massive fortune 50. Guess what, there are 100s of thousands of businesses in the US. Most aren't fortune 50. Here are some other kinds of business: Freight Logistics Concrete Construction Eyeglasses Lawn care Plumbing Cabinet making Law Office Hair styling These small shops run on bespoke industry specific software with few competitors. They are often buggy and out of date because there is only one game in town a lot of times. There is more to the world than huge businesses headquartered in NYC or SF.
- whatever1 3y ago
  all of them use QuickBooks!
red-iron-pine 3y ago
> but inexperienced with no formal training? someone doesn't have any experience with offshore programmers, eh?
- dartos 3y ago
  SAP contractors hurt you too?
  - red-iron-pine 3y ago
    yes, unironically