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The reason is simple. Maintenance work doesn't progress your career. Why bother?

• DarylZero 5y ago
  That's not the reason. The work itself is not fun. Even if the whole project has no career purpose, it's more fun to write new code.
  • etripe 5y ago
    Well, if it were fun, it would lose its shine if you're constantly being told it doesn't matter to the business.
  • darkwater 5y ago
    It can be fun, it just depends on who you are. Sadly most developers prefer to follow PM and churn in features instead of this precious work.
    • dotancohen 5y ago
      I actually love chasing down other people's bugs. I often get to fix other developers new shiny features shortly after they've hit production. And I love the challenge. It's also nice that bug chasing has less of an expectation of giving good times estimates, which the software industry is famously poor at anyway.
    • blippage 5y ago
      I actually enjoyed a maintenance project I was on. There was less time pressure. Finding and fixing a bug is a logic puzzle in its own right. So things can be largely a question of perspective.