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His argument makes sense. This of someone who is exclusively working with cobol and a specific version of a very specific mainframe. If he is staying there for
by user32489318 2y ago
His argument makes sense. This of someone who is exclusively working with cobol and a specific version of a very specific mainframe. If he is staying there for 5-10 years, where would he go? Are these skills transferable? Would he become a data engineer maintaining Spark, no one would hire someone with a senior salary with no experience with a bit more modern stack.
In reverse, company is unlikely to let him go, sourcing a replacement would be a nightmare. This is a gold cage opportunity
- dagw 2y agoThis is a gold cage opportunity I've known a couple of people who worked as COBOL/mainframe developers in Europe at huge companies and their pay was definitely worse than what they could have gotten as a "a data engineer maintaining Spark" or anything else even similarly modern. The cage works both ways, on the one hand they might be hard to replace, but equally they'll have at least as hard a time finding a new job if they quit. Depending on where you live, the company you're working at might literally be the only company in that city using that particular tech stack.
- spratzt 2y agoEven as an entry level business analyst you’re probably make more than a COBOL programmer. Don’t touch it.