Comment on Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive

• EatYouWell@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It really wouldn’t be all that bad. If they’re dropping $2m/y on a database admin, then their BCDR plan must be rock solid with crazy fault tolerances. I’d imagine outages are extremely rare.

  But, if they’re dropping that kind of money, you’d have to be an expert in the field. Or know someone.

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• linuxdweeb@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  $2m is enough to pay for chemotherapy

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  • noli@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Flipping burgers is enough to pay for chemotherapy. Src: am european

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• planetaryprotection@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah I had convinced myself that I would only do it for a year and be able to retire much much sooner.

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