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> I have friends in several startups leaving their jobs because they've been tasked with maintaining legacy… It's better to not have such people working for yo

> I have friends in several startups leaving their jobs because they've been tasked with maintaining legacy… It's better to not have such people working for you in the first place. Maintaining existing software to focus on real business is just the kind of founders I'd want to work with. It's a part of being a part of a startup, and those who jump the ship too often do not leave any legacy behind.

brogrammernot 10y ago
Thank you. Developers who jump because they'd rather build from scratch instead of helping maintain and improve an existing solution is irritating. More power to them, but I respect developers a lot more who stay, fight through legacy code battles, make steps/headway to shift the application to a newer platform that makes practical sense than those who leave. If your employer refuses to move to a stack you feel is justifiably better, in both business and technical aspects, then I totally understand leaving. If you're leaving because you don't want to maintain a system that's "older" and don't want to take on the challenge of improving it then I agree with your post. I'd rather not have those developers to begin with.