Maybe the days of the old COBOL greybeards earning more money than the rest of us devs can dream of is nearing an end? :/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-02-24-ibm-posts-steepest-daily-drop-since-200000-after-anthropic-says-ai-can-modernize/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica
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Graham Downs
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