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Re:Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL by goatlover on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @05:10PM (#48114634)
Wouldn't the lack of supply drive up wages until more new talent is incentivized?
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Re:Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL by sai18 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @05:53PM (#48115112)
That is the current landscape today. Mainframe engineers are in high demand and good ones are paid quite well.

I've heard from a global bank, they have one mainframe developer in the team who is past 70. She manages a critical credit card service and gets paid in the upper end of 6 figures to work 20 hrs a week. She's the only one who knows that system. Lots of stories like this.

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Re:Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL by whattheheckheck on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @10:12PM (#48117021)
Maybe they should pay her to mentor someone lmao
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Re:Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL by drBonkers on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @10:22PM (#48117092)
Would she consider taking on someone interested in learning COBOL to support her and the team?
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