Same here. The CTO was also engaging in resume-driven development. There is no rational discussion about what tech stack to use. Executives need to be able to p

Same here. The CTO was also engaging in resume-driven development. There is no rational discussion about what tech stack to use. Executives need to be able to point to a modern tech stack as a signal of their relevancy and competence. No one will be caught dead slinging bare metal and running on-prem databases right now. It's just the look. I built out a POC and was running it on bare metal for serious workloads under my desk at GE (12-factor). Management practically scrambled to get me cloud access. My setup was ephemeral and could be easily reproduced anywhere. The software was easily deployed on, or integrated with, cloud services. I just shrugged. I didn't care where my code ran, to them it was some epic priority to get it in the cloud and generate extra expenses.