I guess I’m ignoring the situation wherein the experienced devs are stuck in a corner without a team. In that situation, without management on board it seems qu

I guess I’m ignoring the situation wherein the experienced devs are stuck in a corner without a team. In that situation, without management on board it seems quite difficult to get out of that situation without some tough conversations directly with management. That being said, that, I hope, is the exception rather than the rule. And I should think intelligent, self-aware devs wouldn’t let themselves fall into that situation. I personally would start looking for better opportunities once things started looking as dire as that. For devs not in that situation it’s still a non trivial problem you bring up: how to entice the next gen to work on legacy-type projects. That I think comes down to a problem of selling. That is to say, solving it will depend on the audience and the product. Some strategies I’d think might work would be: 1) the opportunity to learn a great deal, for those who are very junior, 2) the opportunity to master an important part of the business (if it’s being kept around with resources allocated, there must be a reason why), though a dated one.