I’m not saying don’t care about tech debt and well architected systems. I’m saying you have to tie that to business goals. If you can’t explain to a manager th

I’m not saying don’t care about tech debt and well architected systems. I’m saying you have to tie that to business goals. If you can’t explain to a manager the business purpose of why you are doing something then does it really need to be done? Your reasoning for tackling tech debt is sound. “We are moving like molasses. Our foundation is wobbly and we can’t build new features until we start tackling $X tech debt. These are the reasons that it will help us in the future.” But on the other hand, if I achieve x, y, and z or someone else achieve it and we are told it didn’t achieve enough “impact”, yeah I am going to do like Google employees do and decide to work on the 5th messaging app.