> At some point, even though my speed of delivery with my framework and stack setup is frankly very fast and I can provide real value to people, it seems the pe

> At some point, even though my speed of delivery with my framework and stack setup is frankly very fast and I can provide real value to people, it seems the perceived value of the above shennanigans is greater than the value of actually shipping stuff that matters if you look at the job boards, technologies used and pay given. One dimension of this is that it isn't just about your own ability to be productive as a solo developer (unless you limit yourself to solo-developer jobs, which can be an option!), it's about the org's ability to be productive as a (constantly changing, mixed-experience-levels) group. It's frustrating to see one's own productivity suffer for the sake of aggregate productivity, but it's a reality of our industry. I can't speak to the particular situations you described but I can speak to this being a real trade-off that often has to be made.