alt Hacker News>but is there any reason to think that in 30-40 years the only people writing Java will be retirees maintaining old banking systems?
It feels like we're getting into that space already.
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strken • 10/02/2024
I think Android makes a difference here. Sure, a lot of people are on Kotlin, but a lot aren't.
Nah not really. People just started replacing COBOL with java and employers are wise enough to hire people who are 30-40 years minimum from retirement.
It can also be upgraded in smaller chunks and finding enough developers for the tool is an important metric corporate is looking at.
If anything, banks are actively optimizing for developer experience to make sure 60% of new hires don’t run away in the first year. If anything, banks are better at navigating those kind of structural risks, they were just slow on undertaking such risks exist.
If you have an episode of existential anxiety because of dat AI eating mijn job, getting a union job in a bank is a way to hedge this particular risk.