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by Traubenfuchs 2646 days ago
That's even worse then: You are honing obsolete skills and will have a hard time finding a new job if you want or have to.

So you are an expert in Java service oriented architecture? Sorry, but we are now looking for developers with Spring Boot 2.x Microservice experience.
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k_sze 2646 days ago
Well, software folklore seems to say that COBOL graybeards get paid A LOT.
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Traubenfuchs 2646 days ago
Does this hold for everything? Do we have any other examples besides the fabled COBOL developer?

Are application server / Java XML SOA graybeards also paid a lot?

My current technological focus are Spring Boot applications, seasoned with everything that comes with that: SQL, devops basics, etc. If Spring Boot is still a thing in 10 - 20 years I'd be extremely surprised.

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