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

submitted 2 years ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Where do you learn this... Cobol?

[–] dipshit@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My grandmother could teach you it, but she’s dead.

[–] jwt@programming.dev 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My cobolences.

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 years ago

RIP

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

at university in the 1980s

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait, so there's nowhere you can learn it now?

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

Doubtful, I was just joking about how it's an older language that has become rare

Probably a few CS programs offer courses in it, if nothing else because it's historically important. And I'm sure one could teach it to themself via books and documentation