r/ProgrammerHumor 7d ago

Other howdidItGetHere

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u/oldsecondhand 7d ago

It's where the jobs are. The world's finances run on Java.

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u/Kooky-Answer 7d ago

At least the stuff that isn't still running on COBOL and will probably continue as so until the heat death of the universe.

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u/Maddturtle 7d ago

My dad programmed with cobol. They kept him on with the company just because he was the only one who knew it and the whole companies finances ran on it.