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COBOL legacy systems in finance and government are somewhat of a meme. However, I've never actually met a single person who's day job is to maintain one. I'd be curious to learn what systems are you working on?
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actionfromafar ◴[] No.44604424[source]
Maybe the COBOL devs aren’t here.
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nine_k ◴[] No.44604515[source]
HN is a place where everyone is, so it's reasonable to assume that some Cobol devs may also lurk here.
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actionfromafar ◴[] No.44604544[source]
Everyone except most developers I know.
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1. gardnr ◴[] No.44604636[source]
This is oddly true in my experience. I ask people where they get their information from and the channels are generally a lot more sparse than topics posted to HN.

If I were to venture to guess: I'd say "most developers" seek work-life balance and aren't interested in reading long-form articles on how to do X or Y when they are off the clock.