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Kelly Makes KILLER🎃 Games

I'm a Mainframe tech and we have a lot of "older" developers on our team. We recently lost one of the young guys, in his mid 50s! (I am a complete anomoly.)

It's very scary because there is a massive skill gap in these legacy systems. They can't find young people to take on these roles and the retiring generation simple doesn't know how to pass off knowledge because they've been in the same role for 25+ years!