"Close to the Machine" is a great book. I often think of the passage in it where the author is offered a large sum of money to take the job of maintaining a leg

"Close to the Machine" is a great book. I often think of the passage in it where the author is offered a large sum of money to take the job of maintaining a legacy system, but turns it down because it would be such a soul-crushing task which she could see in the person who was offering the job.