> One is overwhelming technical debt. […] This sounds like an organisation with bigger problems than a single manager. The devs hate the job, but don't have th

> One is overwhelming technical debt. […] This sounds like an organisation with bigger problems than a single manager. The devs hate the job, but don't have the clout to convince management to let them do things properly? Run. It's not worth it. An organisation doesn't suddenly "heal" once a bad apple is gone. More likely, everybody is at least five years behind current best practice, and very much used to doing things that way.