Exploring the World of Active COBOL Developers in Legacy Systems
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Summary
The article discusses the rarity of active COBOL developers working on legacy systems in finance and government. It highlights a story of a developer's mother who continued to work on legacy banking systems even after retirement.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledCOBOL legacy systems in finance and government are somewhat of a meme.
I met a dev who's mom had been working on legacy banking systems her whole career.
She had started in the eighties and she still did some urgent jobs at a crazy rate despite officially having retired.
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