I can't make any judgement on the specific case you're describing, but I've seen this general scenario play out a few cycles in my career. My guess is that the

I can't make any judgement on the specific case you're describing, but I've seen this general scenario play out a few cycles in my career. My guess is that they overcorrect on the previous system designers mistakes, because they too have only had that one experience and this is their first time building a new one. And the cycle repeats in another 5 years when a new group of fresh grads have to take over/rebuild the current new system. I hate being ageist in any direction, but experience actually do take time, and only older people have been younger, never the reverse. The hard part is recognizing what is unique to a generation and what is commonality. Or you can tell me I was wrong in 10 years.