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Re:The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore by GenerWork on Sunday December 03, 2023 @11:23PM (#38513728)
Did the remaining mainframers demand a higher salary to stay on, or did the insurance company have to hire outside contractors at exorbiant rates to migrate everything over?
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Re:The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore by coldtea on Monday December 04, 2023 @02:48AM (#38514695)
>or did the insurance company have to hire outside contractors at exorbiant rates to migrate everything over

It would be appropriatingly ironic if some or all of those contractors were the same people previously fired.

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Re:The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore by rubyfan on Monday December 04, 2023 @06:27AM (#38515997)
Kind of the later I guess. Not much migrated really. When I left they were grappling with which major migration to do next, each to the tune of tens of millions each with no business benefit. In that industry there is momentum toward specialty tech platforms to save the day. Out of the frying pan into the fryer.
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