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

submitted 1 year ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But COBOL is famously used in legacy banking systems, not modern internet payment systems.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm saying that the mention of Fintech in the First Case would IMPLY that the WebDev also deals with Fintech. If both devs have comparable skillsets then it makes sense to compare their pay rates.

IDK, maybe I'm reaching with this one.