Yep, working with well-architected software systems is the difference between a low-stress well-paying job and rapid burnout. No surprise that the latter result

Yep, working with well-architected software systems is the difference between a low-stress well-paying job and rapid burnout. No surprise that the latter results in massive turnover. It's remarkable how "add feature X" can be a 1 hour task or a 1 month task depending on whether the system was designed to evolve and scale in that direction. But the non-technical management or customer just sees it as a simple request, and the (Nth) software developer is left to pick up the pieces.