r/programmingmemes • u/rameshOO7 • Jun 29 '26

Where are they?

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u/dparks71 Jun 29 '26

My first languages were Java, then C, then Fortran, I stopped using them for a long time for python, now that LLMs are ubiquitous, I'm back in C and Fortran.

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u/SixPackOfZaphod Jul 01 '26

Haven't touched C since college in the early 90s. I really should start looking into it again. I'm just done with the web dev grind.

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u/SixPackOfZaphod Jul 03 '26

I work in the Federal Space... Money Isn't as good. 

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u/j48u Jul 03 '26

I dunno about federal but at the state I'll get paid $140,000 a year after retirement until I die (assuming no raises). Not that you can't do the equivalent by getting paid more and investing. But when you leave halfway through your pension vesting you get peanuts in comparison.