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[–] odium@programming.dev 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

A lot of banks have bootcamps where they pick up unemployed people who might not have ever had tech experience in their life. They teach them COBOL and mainframe basics in a few months, and, if they do well, give them a shitty $60k annual job.

Source: know someone who went to one of these bootcamps and now works for a major us bank.

[–] Soulg@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago (10 children)

So you're saying you can get free training then just leave for a real paying company eh

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 10 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I imagine they have some absurd contract that says they can't leave for 89 years or whatever

[–] SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And I'd like to see that contract hold up in court lol

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 11 points 2 years ago

The trick to exploiting people is keeping them in fear and ignorance.

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