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TexasTowelie

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6. Been there, done that.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 5, 2021, 09:09 PM

Jun 2021

I was on the Y2K team and ended up migrating a COBOL program into VBA. It took me about six weeks to complete the project by myself, but I probably saved nearly $100,000 for the agency as the need to communicate the progress on the project via email was eliminated. My employer did not realize the quality of my work until after they left the agency and it required three employees to replace me. The agency is using my programming two decades later.

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Anxiety runs high as Pa. begins massive overhaul of 60-year-old unemployment computer system [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2021 OP

I didn't realize there were 60-year-old computer systems Wicked Blue Jun 2021 #1

The hamsters on the treadmill are ready to retire. nt TexasTowelie Jun 2021 #2

Ha ha heh...that's probably what they are using to power this system ... gee, can you imagine SWBTATTReg Jun 2021 #3

They contact them through a ouija board Wicked Blue Jun 2021 #4

Probably not assembly language, more likely COBOL. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2021 #5

Been there, done that. TexasTowelie Jun 2021 #6

A nice complement to your skills and enduring skills, isn't it? I still get students on some of SWBTATTReg Jun 2021 #7

If nothing else, please upgrade the computer security FakeNoose Jun 2021 #8