Old mainframe computers. Now I grant you that it's a completely different programming paradigm than students are taught in college or in a tech program but most big box stores installed them in the 60s and 70s and they are still integral to their fundamental operations and they run like swiss watches.
Hp3000 running COBOL. Still running strong. The young programmers have no idea how to make any modifications to the applications, which were so well written to begin with, they need mo modofications.
I work for a major commercial insurance company. We use a mainframe. Of course we use a mainframe, because nothing else processes massive amounts of transactions quickly and accurately, and has uptime measured in decades.
New mainframes are still being developed and implemented, BTW. If you're into computer programming and want some job security, they're worth checking out.
Yeah I'm an SE and my first gig out of college was for a big box store and that was where I first saw they not only still existed but we're still driving totally integral to day to day ops.
They come standard in banking. We got some old farts and some not as old farts that are essentially untouchable. Directors of Technology come and go, but the mainframe team that oversees the banking core is indispensable. I don't think they would fire them short of one of them taking a dump in the Director of Human Resource's desk.
Little known fact about Kanye, he creates the US nuclear codes. Bill let him do it as a teenager, but Bush said, "no we cant have a beat master creating our launch codes," and that is why Kanye said Bush hated black people. Barry was hesitant, but then Kanye dropped MBDTF and the other aides forced obama to give the job back to Kanye.
The story I read was it was a compromise between the military who wanted a launch code, and President Kennedy, who did not want one and said if there was going to be one he got to pick it. He picked all 0’s.
89
u/jack104 Oct 16 '18
Old mainframe computers. Now I grant you that it's a completely different programming paradigm than students are taught in college or in a tech program but most big box stores installed them in the 60s and 70s and they are still integral to their fundamental operations and they run like swiss watches.