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Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I think some COBOL consultants are very well paid, especially since they are a rare breed.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Friend has a cobol + IBM AIX combo going for him and his on call + at most 1 day/week of work position pays more than my full time very senior dev role.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Hmm I have the AIX half of that. Maybe learning COBOL is worth the pain..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know a person who does AIX consulting with Cobol. She works about 4-8 weeks a year spread between 3 companies and makes enough to raise a family and fund a massive hobby farm. Helps to be in an area with a large fintech presence I imagine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Very nice, yeah that's the problem. I broke into AIX in the wholesale industry in early 2000's so I have very few finance connections, which is where it all seems to be.

I have also been work from home for 7 years now and figured I'd have to go onsite for banks. That may have changed post covid. I will poke around and see what might be out there for me

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