These are the endemic issues I have experienced after working for several SaaS vendors: 1) Rampant tech debt. Engineers are not empowered to fix it or their fo

These are the endemic issues I have experienced after working for several SaaS vendors: 1) Rampant tech debt. Engineers are not empowered to fix it or their focus is on something else. 2) High barrier of entry. Most SaaS companies are bad at onboarding engineers or they simply don't care, usually because C-level staff and investors work towards sales metrics. 3) Mismanagement. Passive engineering managers who spend most of their time attending obscure meetings and expect individual contributors to chase them, maverick employees who do more harm than good, antisocial behaviour due to having no conduct expectations, etc. My personal opinion is that nowadays SaaS engineering is akin to being a miner during some mineral rush. You can make significantly more money than the average Joe in exchange for a shorter life expectancy.