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OK but I’m genuinely terrified by how common this is at my company, and its notably better at retention then the industry norm.
Screw Dead Internet Theory, this is my conspiracy: Crowdstrike style incidents are going to get more and more common as trchdebt keeps growing.
I think you’re on to something. Given how software is generally built to the lowest standard possible, there are more and more exploits piling on as a result. The details of any modern tech stack is far beyond human comprehension. It’s just not possible to meaningfully audit all the code and all the different interactions within it. The whole thing is just a giant house of cards.
Nah, our tech stack is a loan shark who’ll come collect technical debt in a month’s time
I blame every gray hair on Jenkins Pipeline’s so-called DSL, a.k.a. Groovy.
You’d have to pay me a seven-figure salary to work with that again.yup, that thing’s a nightmare alright
A few jobs ago, everyone hated the tech stack. The people who had come up with it had long left. I talked to everyone, then came up with a plan to transition to a modern stack. Got buy-in from management.
Half the people (and all who had said they hated the status quo) threatened to quit if we made the change.
Fortunately, it was just in time to collect the 1-year retention bonus. Life’s too short. Walked away.
People are very resistant to change that reduces their expertise so that doesn’t really surprise me.
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What?
A new job to you is an old job to others. You’re just facing others’ tech debt now.
There are plenty of greenfield projects out there.
