> ... doing legacy work at a non-tech company will not look very good on your resume to a tech company... This, more or less. Maintenance also tends to be a

> ... doing legacy work at a non-tech company will not look very good on your resume to a tech company... This, more or less. Maintenance also tends to be a very low-visibility activity at most companies as well. Promotions go to folks who can make a name for themselves working on the company's hot new project. It took a while to find a job using modern tech when I had a resume full of things like Solaris 8, Ada95, ClearCase, and Oracle. I finally found a company to give me a chance doing new development using modern tech (well, Java, at least) back in 2012 (in my early thirties). My career has been doing much better since, but I feel like I'm far behind where I should be for someone my age (not in skill, mind you, but in pay, role, status, etc).