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An example of this I've personally seen is a friend who works on COBOL mainframes at a bank. He writes COBOL and maintains a banking system that keeps the worl
by Buttons840 8mo ago
An example of this I've personally seen is a friend who works on COBOL mainframes at a bank.
He writes COBOL and maintains a banking system that keeps the world running. Literally like a billion people die if the system he maintains fails. I maintain a VC funded webpage that only works half the time. I make more than him, a lot more.
- dyauspitr 8mo ago> Literally like a billion people die if the system he maintains fails. This has to be an exaggeration.
- altmanaltman 8mo agoI can personally attest that I'll die if my bank's COBOL mainframe fails. Really got a lot riding on this.
- Buttons840 8mo agoIf the banking system failed? Would be pretty bad...
- itronitron 8mo agoYou should ask your friend what they do with all of the half cents that are floating around in the banking system.
- bitwize 8mo ago"It's not a virus, it's a worm!" https://youtube.com/watch?v=bcAACOrgVKE https://youtube.com/watch?v=bcAACOrgVKE