Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer (2016)

Re:Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer (2016) by uudecoded on Thursday December 14, 2023 @04:39PM (#38647635)

It's probably because they technically have to make that job posting and let it sit before handing it off to a contract firm for $300k.

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Re:Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer (2016) by beretguy on Thursday December 14, 2023 @08:26PM (#38649963)

I think so too.

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Re:Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer (2016) by bdw5204 on Friday December 15, 2023 @12:22AM (#38651264)

What is stopping somebody who'd be inclined to take a COBOL job from just starting a contract firm and taking the $300k from the government? Does the government check if they actually have employees who have 30 years of COBOL experience before handing out those contracts?

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Re:Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer (2016) by Spooky23 on Friday December 15, 2023 @06:41AM (#38653150)

There’s a lot of compliance work involved in getting government contracts.

Also, there’s usually 2-3 layers of pimps (prime and subcontractors) who take a vig at each layer. Total comp for the contractor is usually rate divided by 3 or 4.

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Re:Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer (2016) by kawhah on Friday December 15, 2023 @09:15AM (#38654360)

Nothing is stopping them; this is exactly what people do.

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