I find that this happens mostly due to career expectations. Gotta stay up to date to get the recruiters chasing you. But when everyone else is also up to date

I find that this happens mostly due to career expectations. Gotta stay up to date to get the recruiters chasing you. But when everyone else is also up to date, gotta stay ahead and be an influencer/evangelist. > Ask yourself this: do you seriously think that a company would benefit from switching stacks every few years, or sticking with a mature and battletested technology? In my experience this is unfortunately situational, and depends heavily on who's answering. Someone who loves the current stack will say "don't change it". Someone who loves the next stack will say "yes burn it to the ground". Both of them, after doing a bit more self-reflection, will probably say "well, it depends, but probably not".