Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoGerman railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systemswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkGerman railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systemswww.techspot.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareLiveLM@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoOoh, someone is about to make BANK!
minus-squareFat Tony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoWhy would someone make a lot of money from this?
minus-squarecybersandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoSupply and demand. The people that have a lot of experience with those systems are retired or should be retiring soon. Supply is pretty low. So they can demand higher pay. DB’s demand is pretty strong. If those systems go down, trains don’t run, and that costs them millions. It’s cheaper to pay someone a lot of money vs having their systems fail.
Ooh, someone is about to make BANK!
Why would someone make a lot of money from this?
Supply and demand. The people that have a lot of experience with those systems are retired or should be retiring soon.
Supply is pretty low. So they can demand higher pay.
DB’s demand is pretty strong. If those systems go down, trains don’t run, and that costs them millions.
It’s cheaper to pay someone a lot of money vs having their systems fail.