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Don't worry, I'm sure there will be rejuvenation visas for engineers who are willing to work at a discount for the remainder of their extended lives.


I am sorry ma'am, but you cannot go into retirement and will not be allowed to die, you have an important piece of infrastructure to maintain for the rich.


Laugh now, but COBOL programmers are going to live forever.


That's not all that bad, when you think about it. You get to work on a piece of software that is probably older than you and has been hardened over decades, your entire set of responsibilities is light maintenance. This should leave you enough time to also work on other projects, preferably open-source ones and hone your skills in preparation for the day that software gets replaced.


Why, oh why, did I ever learn COBOL? Just let me die.


There is always the memory erasure pill.




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