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banks and insurance company IT departments are littered with non-passionate devs. They probably started bright eyed and bushy tailed, but then they had to maint
by toonies555 10y ago
banks and insurance company IT departments are littered with non-passionate devs. They probably started bright eyed and bushy tailed, but then they had to maintain 30yr old systems and make fixes for patches that fixed another patch. New projects and passion come together. you dont find any passion in maintenance.
- majewsky 10y agoCounterexample: I was more passionate about my last maintenance job, where I could shape the system through slow, but steady refactoring, compared to my current job, where I mostly string together buzzword-worthy components.