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jlg23 on Feb 9, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: London’s Lonely Unicorn: Two Frugal Expats and The...

Honestly, I don't care whether I am driven over by a Porsche Cayenne or a Willys MB.

And while I have not worked in the banking sector myself, lots of my friends did - and it was not cobol. They are catching up and they all know that their mainframe sw is dated and act upon it.

I don't think the "quality" of the tech is of any relevance here.

EDIT: Well, I actually know some guys who bit the bullet and learned cobol when they were just turning 20. By the time they turned 30, they did not have to work anymore.

jomkr on Feb 10, 2017 | [–]

I'd have 100% more trust in a system written in COBOL than node.js.

joe563323 on Feb 15, 2017 | | [–]

But it is currently maintained by the new nodejs devs who figured maintaining COBOL pays greater.

mastazi on Feb 10, 2017 | | [–]

> and it was not cobol

And if it was, personally, I wouldn't have a problem as a customer.

bloopalert on Feb 10, 2017 | [–]

It's cobol.

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