Job ads in general are very depressing if you're somewhat older and more experienced. There are about 6 bandwagons rolling along, with various ropes tied betwe

Job ads in general are very depressing if you're somewhat older and more experienced. There are about 6 bandwagons rolling along, with various ropes tied between them. If you're not a fan (or you even dislike) one or two of those wagons, chances are one of the other wagons you can accept is tied to it. Node.js, Docker, DevOps, TDD, Agile, blah blah blah. Yes each of those can be quite useful in the right situation, but it is a symptom of lack of experience (particularly where management and tech leadership is concerned). A good many of the actual jobs and work environments is probably being held back or otherwise limited by the companies' need to have some of the more common popular tools in their list. But they don't know that, and there's no point arguing it. If the job still attractive, one's best hope is to get in there, get some seniority, and quietly start moving things in the right direction. Or maybe you find out that their buzzword-soup is actually seasoned right for their situation... But to be fair, part of our problem industry-wide is the so many choices we have. You could argue that choice is good, but it creates fragmentation which eventually self-organizes into bandwagons. The huge question is, "In the end, are we better off?" I greatly suspect the answer is, "Not much..."