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What’s in a Boarding Pass Barcode?
The job security + paycheck might be justified though. Almost guaranteed small team too.
vxNsr
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Yeah, I know someone who had a consulting job for some obscure IBM mainframe "thing" and she basically got to do whatever she wanted with an amazing salary because she was one of 3 people in the world who knew anything about it.
yitchelle
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That is really "niche", but I wonder how transferable her skills are? in case those IBM mainframes becomes obsolete :-)
dagw
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There's very good money in being one the very few people in the world whom are really good at "obsolete" things.
BillinghamJ
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They're already very obsolete. Doesn't mean the support contracts will go away though!
vinodkd
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TPF, if you're one of the 3-4k people worldwide who still know it, pays very well. Yes, they will be small teams, but in the largest travel companies.
Disclaimer: I could be wrong about the number above, but afaik its in the ballpark.
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