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   > The worst is when HR or someone hires a person to work tech in the company,   
   > you do allllllll sorts of training and hand-holding with this new hire... for   
   > them to just up and vanish.   
      
   That used to happen where I work.  State-level government does not pay   
   great, so you had to hope the younger person was looking for job security or   
   they'd be gone in a year or two.   
      
   > I'm lucky to have certain skillsets, even if a bit niche, and never ever had   
   > any problem finding steady work. Been lucky to work both offices and at-home   
   > gigs and Covid didn't really seriously affect my career stability.   
      
   I lucked out there also, re: COVID.   
      
   > I kinda wished I studied Cobol or Fortran or mainframes or anything that the   
   > six-foot-tall-300-pound-bearded-wizards are retiring from, where they were   
   > paid all kinds of money and where there is apparently a HUGE demand that is   
   > not being filled by the millenial crowds.   
      
   I am 6' tall, but don't weigh 300 lbs or currently have a beard.  I do know   
   COBOL.  I don't get paid all kinds of money, but am hoping that opportunity   
   might still exist when I retire from my current job.   
      
   One reason millenials are not filling those positions is that supposedly   
   most US colleges quit teaching those languages.   
      
   Mike   
      
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