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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by sofixa on Monday July 24, 2023 @01:52PM (#36851763)
Which part is untrue? That there isn't enough personnel or that it's a severely limiting career choice? Because what you're saying confirms the first one, and for the second one, not a lot of people dream of working on legacy stuff in a big organisation, and those are your only choices if you're a mainframe programmer. Say in the US, for mainframe work, there are what, 30 banks? 5 airlines? 20 insurance companies? Not a lot of choice, and it's doubtful they'll offer "perks" such as remote work.
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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by lotsoweiners on Monday July 24, 2023 @03:59PM (#36853414)
Lots of government too. I worked at a government agency that ran it’s business off of mainframe. I worked there as a web developer and we had to consume data from the mainframe in our web apps. Very tedious process.
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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by sofixa on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:37AM (#36859174)
Yeah, forgot governments, so we can add one more to the list of 'nobody dreams working there as a tech person' list.
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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by tracker1 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @11:48AM (#36864102)
Yeah, the hiring process is often 6+ months long for half the pay of private sector jobs, and 1/5 the pay of the consulting companies they bring in to do the bulk of the work anyway.
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