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Re:Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer by nullserver on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:04PM (#26730421)
This.

On a different language, but same mindset.

System is many years outdated and no one understands it.

Get a ticket. “Fix all the problems”

Me “Umm okay. Hire 20 people and give us 3 years.”

Them: you have a week by yourself.

14 months later their standpoint is it’s always one more week left.

I can’t tell if they even see the absurdity anymore.

Re:Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer by 908B64B197 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:36PM (#26730864)
Do they have a critical dependency on it?
Re:Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer by nullserver on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:48PM (#26731809)
If it doesn’t work they go out of business.