I think the companies in general are better than in your one-sided opinion. For instance, think about hundreds of companies that need to manage financial data.

I think the companies in general are better than in your one-sided opinion. For instance, think about hundreds of companies that need to manage financial data. They create solutions to take data from database A and put it into database B. People who maintain this code are usually 100% more critical to the company than an average "awesome programmer". And these people get promoted based on the years of service.