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[–] [email protected] 79 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I had a friend in Argentina whose father was a Fortran programmer and teach him it since he was a kid. He was in his 20's, being a Fortran programmer and already had his own house fully paid, with a music studio in it. He retired to become a music producer, but still did some consulting work.

Good luck little Fortran, hope you can learn and enjoy your work.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So are you saying Fortran Programming is a lucrative skill?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Looking up, in the US its have an average salary of 100k at year. Not sure how that compares with other programming languages. He worked for an oil company, so I guess he had an above average salary for that.