It's pretty amusing when you have to keep repeating to a client that the off-the-shelf tool is better, cheaper, and is immediately available to them. Yet they s

It's pretty amusing when you have to keep repeating to a client that the off-the-shelf tool is better, cheaper, and is immediately available to them. Yet they still argue for the development of a new system. So I don't think this push towards custom builds only comes from the developers side of things. And another thing worth pointing out is: most employers hire you to write code. That's the job spec. So don't be surprised that that's what we end up doing.