6 December 2021 by Phillip JohnstonEvery engineer and developer I’ve ever worked with seemed to share the same attribute (although the degree to which they feel it varies): they want to work on new, greenfield projects instead of maintaining “legacy” systems. The words “legacy” and “maintain” are often uttered with venom or disgust. Usually, this is the work that new engineers and developers get stuck with, while the more experienced ones move on to create the next new thing. (software is not an exception here, however much people want to believe it might be.) This perspective has always amused me, …
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