In the United States the management layer doesn't have a clue so if you don't keep up on React, GraphQL, etc etc - you're seen as a curmudgeon. They're not the

In the United States the management layer doesn't have a clue so if you don't keep up on React, GraphQL, etc etc - you're seen as a curmudgeon. They're not the ones learning it but they're still attending all of the conferences for it and with a non-practiced engineering capability they're back to cargo cult BS. Best to keep learning the new hotness or it's career suicide. Just remember, for almost any 9-5 it's about the _narrative_ of work more than it is about the work. Rewriting/changing huge portions of your already-working tech stack is job security. I truly believe a huge portion of engineers engage in their own "make-work" to justify their existence/paycheck.