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

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Fuck that job I would probably get stomach cancer from all the stress

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It really wouldn't be all that bad. If they're dropping $2m/y on a database admin, then their BCDR plan must be rock solid with crazy fault tolerances. I'd imagine outages are extremely rare.

But, if they're dropping that kind of money, you'd have to be an expert in the field. Or know someone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

$2m is enough to pay for chemotherapy

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

Flipping burgers is enough to pay for chemotherapy. Src: am european

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah I had convinced myself that I would only do it for a year and be able to retire much much sooner.