The OGs are. The new trainees ain’t.
Which makes sense, but they are still being seriously taken advantage of.
Comment on Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive
nqgrl@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think some COBOL consultants are very well paid, especially since they are a rare breed.
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
tty5@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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.
Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Hmm I have the AIX half of that. Maybe learning COBOL is worth the pain…
Kata1yst@kbin.social 6 months ago
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.
Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 6 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
tty5@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Idk what the AIX job market is right now, but several years ago banks in central Europe poached employees back and forth just to reach minimum staff required.