I'll add a couple of data points to your observation :) . On the two large companies I've worked for, my and most of my team's job was to maintain (and sometim

I'll add a couple of data points to your observation :) . On the two large companies I've worked for, my and most of my team's job was to maintain (and sometimes expand) existing code. Visual Basic 6 was the best I could hope for (I've maintained lots of crap, from Clipper up to Forte TOOL currently, and made a lot of reports in Crystal and SSRS). All the cool projects were either outsourced, bought from a smaller outside company, or fiercely fought for in a battle of politics :) .