• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    Maintaining old code is the real drawback. Surely nobody finds that fun.

    COBOL is just the turd on the shit cake.

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        Friend of mine maintains COBOL for an insurance company. He lives on the opposite side of the country from his business, and is only on call one weekend a month.

        Dude got hired before he even graduated, getting paid 70k, and gets to live wherever he wants.

        I would kill for that lol

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          Yep I worked in insurance and COBOL. Mostly getting it out of COBOL. Working remote is so nice! I’m hybrid right now it’s excellent.