“The Home Doctor – Practical Medicine for Every Household” is a comprehensive guide written by a doctor that provides practical advice on managing health situations when professional help is not available. The author, who is the child of a banker, shares their fascination with their parent’s line of work as a programmer in the banking industry. The author discusses the importance of COBOL programming in the banking world and highlights the challenges faced by banks in modernizing their systems. The author also shares some interesting insights into the size of the bank’s databases and the tools and technologies used by the programmers. In an interview with their mother, the author delves into her experience as a female programmer and the mistakes that have occurred in the bank’s systems.
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