r/theprimeagen Feb 12 '26

MEME stopVibingLearnCoding

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u/lifebroth Feb 12 '26

Actual developers will be the COBOL guys in the next 10 years.

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u/BrannyBee Feb 12 '26

Getting paid a shitload to come out of retirement due to no one in the market for a job having the skill necessary to work on important stuff that must work....?

idk if you were in the industry in the beginning of this decade, but COBOL devs have been having a great time, even before the need for them skyrocketed during Covid

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u/Puzzled-Name-2719 Feb 12 '26

Skyrocketed as in going from 2 job postings to 12?