I'm going to risk echoing what other like-minded contrarians here have posted. This essay makes some good observations about what happens to developers in their

I'm going to risk echoing what other like-minded contrarians here have posted. This essay makes some good observations about what happens to developers in their careers, but colors those observations with opinions about what's good and bad. And, as is usual in the developer community, continuously learning new technologies and layering in more "best practice" structure (presumably in one's own free time) is always king when it comes to these folks. It's hard not to read this and sense a bit of bellyaching about how the market for software engineers isn't a pure meritocracy where those who are using all the latest tools with pitch-perfect architecture are the only ones who get hired and promoted. And it seems to totally ignore the real world in which legacy software, with all its warts, does exist and can't be thrown out.