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Maintenance jobs pay poorly I would call this an inaccurate generalization. It all comes down to supply and demand. What and who needs maintaining? How many pe
by kohanz 11y ago
Maintenance jobs pay poorly
I would call this an inaccurate generalization. It all comes down to supply and demand. What and who needs maintaining? How many people out there are capable of maintaining it? Price is set from these variables. Example: Cobol and Fortran developers during Y2K.
- leap_ahead 11y agoAgreed. I should have been more specific and said "maintenance jobs from a mainstream market". COBOL is different in that it was used to develop niche software for rather prosperous organizations. Naturally, they didn't mind paying extra to get the necessary skills. Somehow I doubt many of the currently hot web frameworks will enjoy the same fate. Some might last longer than the others but for the most part these are the commodities with a relatively short life span.