Have you spent decades working with COBOL in financial systems? Then you probably know things that many modern developers don't even realize they need to know.
I want to interview you!
I've opened a GitHub discussion with 18 questions for professionals who have worked with COBOL, mainframes, and banking systems. I want to hear your stories about production failures, batch processing, business rules hidden deep in the code, and the decisions that kept financial systems running for decades.
You don't need to answer all 18 questions. Pick just one, share a story, or tell us something you learned along the way. Even a small piece of your experience could help preserve knowledge that future generations of developers might otherwise lose.
This initiative is part of FinKore, an open-source project focused on documenting and preserving fundamental financial rules for future generations of developers.
I don't want to know whether COBOL is better than Java. I want to discover what you've learned over 30 years that we're still trying to reinvent today.
Would you be willing to share your experience in this open interview?
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