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50 comments so far and nobody has named a single company. You might as well not post if you’re just going to be vague and coy. “They exist, trust me bro” and “I work in a medium sized company that does…” are pretty much a zero-value comments. HN should have a higher bar.

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It's all about as trustworthy as the mythical high salaries for retired mainframe developers. I've never seen a single job posting nor any other proof that this is indeed true, in fact I've saw evidence to the contrary.

To be fair I'm in this position but it's with a small company that aren't exactly regularly hiring.

I suppose the point is, these jobs exist but it's quite hard to replicate as it's not common with large firms that are regularly hiring.

Those do exist, but as far as I'm aware the most common structure currently is that it's mainframe consulting companies and their consultants that command those salaries. Anyone in an actual employee position I've never heard of making above 100k/year.

I have a friend who went from being the form to the latter and immediately doubled his salary, despite the consulting firm making it clear that he was at the bottom of the totem pole, despite his being 5 years or so into mainframe work.

Most of these jobs would never get posted in the first place, you need to already be a known entity with these groups/be trusted before they let you close to the mainframe. Have a friend in one of these roles currently, ~10hrs/wk, remote, 6 figures.

People in these roles don't want to draw attention on their sweet comp packages which is why you won't see them crow about who/where they work.

I guess people who work at these companies don't really want competition.

I work in a network (like in computer networking, not setting up events) company where I get paid 75% of the FAANG salary for an equivalent role, working one-third of the hours expected from the median FAANG worker. My company has been freezing hiring for the past 3 years. There is no risk of competition.

But why should I risk being identified by mentioning the company's name for no gain other than the fleeting thought of appreciation from a random anonymous HN user?

I come to the conclusion that this is a terrible place to discuss anything money and job related because it’s either people who live in some bubble that has nothing to do with the rest of the world or people who, like you said, are in “trust me bro” mode.

StubHub. There you go.

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