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Originally posted by Chuck View PostGood for him. Does "10 days unpaid" mean 10 days of work they won't pay for, or 10 days off site not working?
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Originally posted by tarbera View PostSo management told all the contractors 10%cut + 10days unpaid was across the board no exceptions for anyone in IT, take it or leave it, NO EXCEPTIONS. !!!
COBOL bill puts up his hand
I got an exception !!!
10 minutes of anarchy follows, Bill gives me the lunchtime beer secret signal - we leave, hopefully cammed down a bit on our return
Good for him. Does "10 days unpaid" mean 10 days of work they won't pay for, or 10 days off site not working?
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So management told all the contractors 10%cut + 10days unpaid was across the board no exceptions for anyone in IT, take it or leave it, NO EXCEPTIONS. !!!
COBOL bill puts up his hand
I got an exception !!!
10 minutes of anarchy follows, Bill gives me the lunchtime beer secret signal - we leave, hopefully cammed down a bit on our return
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Originally posted by cojak View PostI liked COBOL*, but I really liked CICS/COBOL.
(*PL/1 was ok but more fiddly).
I was a better maintenance coder than a developer though, I could spot a bug a mile off, but my clean-cut code wasn't the best.
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I liked COBOL*, but I really liked CICS/COBOL.
(*PL/1 was ok but more fiddly).
I was a better maintenance coder than a developer though, I could spot a bug a mile off, but my clean-cut code wasn't the best.
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostI think the trick is to build something that is both mission critical and un-maintainable
Or simply give compiled dlls without a source. Serves the same purpose
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Originally posted by NibblyPig View PostFack me I should have learned COBOL
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my memories of learning cobol were that you had to be really good at typing, and have good eyes for missing full stops on code printouts.
Too old for that now...
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Originally posted by tarbera View PostWe pay a cobol programmer £1200 a day every day, to basically mock the agile guys and pair programming
The bank got rid of him 18 months ago and replaced with Indians (3 week handover , he wrote the system and supported for 22 years) but no, 3 week handover was appropriate
All is well until system has issues and Indians feck up and cost millions
Old man fixes in 10 mins after he stops laughing on the phone
Bank now to scared to replace,he now comes into the office every day and reads his book
And yes he will be reading this thread and laughing tomorrow
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Originally posted by tarbera View Post...
And yes he will be reading this thread and laughing tomorrow
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Can I earn 20K A Month As IT Contractor?
We pay a cobol programmer £1200 a day every day, to basically mock the agile guys and pair programming
The bank got rid of him 18 months ago and replaced with Indians (3 week handover , he wrote the system and supported for 22 years) but no, 3 week handover was appropriate
All is well until system has issues and Indians feck up and cost millions
Old man fixes in 10 mins after he stops laughing on the phone
Bank now to scared to replace,he now comes into the office every day and reads his book
And yes he will be reading this thread and laughing tomorrowLast edited by tarbera; 4 October 2015, 21:54.
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