I would happily go back to mainframes if given the opportunity. I miss the days of the &quot;priesthood of the computer&quot;. I sorely miss linear languages like COBOL and PL. Yes, yes, I&#x27;m old fashioned, but man, were those the days. I miss programming on my 8-bit Commodore 64, praying I wouldn&#x27;t run out of space on my floppy drive. Anyone remember Creative Computing magazine. I wrote every program in every issue for quite some time.<p>Now? I&#x27;m stuck working for a salary in a job that pays the bills. I live in Texas (I know, I know) where IT salaries are already low. Texas has that &quot;right to work&quot; mentality. My bosses are not real IT guys in the sense that they love IT. They&#x27;re in it for the salary, whereas I&#x27;m in it because I still love it after a span of pushing bits over three decades. I would retire only if I won the lottery, but if I did that, I would likely buy a Z-Series mainframe and spend my days playing.