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> the narcissism that is tech perfectly. Wanna see your career die quickly? Move to a maintenance project.

• DaiPlusPlus 6y ago
  I’d love to work on a maintenance project for a product I care about, though - and add small little incremental improvements over time and make my mark that way. If there’s a hiring manager at Google that wants someone to babysit products that shouldn’t die, but can’t attract career-oriented people to work on, ping me :)
  • p1necone 6y ago
    Me too. I would love my job to be "clean up tech debt all day"
• slg 6y ago
  Many of us would be perfectly happy spending our entire career making hundreds of thousands of dollars working on a niche product that we are passionate about.
• raxxorrax 6y ago
  If it is only career you are interested in, you would probably use Google as a ladder for higher positions elsewhere.
• pjmlp 6y ago
  The large majority of enterpise projects are maintenance, if you want to see a career die quickly focus on being an expert in technology fad X. The best way to keep going is to diversify, not only being a generalist, but also extending the soft skills, don't funnel too much in technology for technology's sake, and the career will be just fine, even with maintenance projects.
• UncleMeat 6y ago
  > Wanna see your career die quickly? Move to a maintenance project. My org, which is more focused on maintenance than any other org at Google, has among the highest promotion rates. I personally lead a team whose primary job is related to code maintenance rather than product features. I've been promoted in the top 5% of promotion rates during my career. It is true that there are maintenance teams that stagnate. It may be a different story for product managers or vps, but for engineers I've seen tremendous career success focused entirely on maintenance.