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Reading COBOL and translating its behavior 1:1 is maybe 1% of my job. There is so much more to modernising a bank. Technologically and culturally.

I can discuss my work, but unless you have a work permit in Israel, I won't be able to hire you.



Ha, now I get the username!

Without getting into specifics, is it rewarding work? I can probably not do terrible at the 99% part


To get the username you'd need to be familiar with at least the old Hebrew translation of Lord of the Rings and my mother :)

I'm enjoying tech-leading this project very much. I get to spend the time needed to write unusually high quality code, and there's a wide funnel that collects interesting debugging challenges and gets the best ones to my desk.

Working with a bank is... not for everyone. Not for me ten years ago, for example.




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