> It would be silly to expect software developers (who are typically intelligent and highly analytical) not to realize that the incentives are very clearly sta

> It would be silly to expect software developers (who are typically intelligent and highly analytical) not to realize that the incentives are very clearly stacked towards following the latest trends. Now I do think that this is a very suboptimal outcome for the company, but if they since they are the ones setting the incentive structure in the first place it is difficult to feel too sorry for them. Incentives matter, if you learn nothing else about economics learn this. People do things that they feel are best for them so companies need to align personal incentives with company outcomes or face sub-optimal solutions for the companies because the employees feel the solutions is optimal for themselves. With an average employee tenure at a company being a few years, how can longer term issues with software ever be a deciding factor for employees.