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The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore (COBOL History lesson) (www.youtube.com)
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[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i am currently working for a company that employs over 200 000 people. this is not a rare market.

[โ€“] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Especially for senior Devs. It's been pretty good eating last year or so. AI means a lot of mediocre code that needs experienced devs to de-turdify projects that are successful on paper but we're not built of anything other than a couple of users. Fun times.