There is also little motivation to do the hard part of maintaining things as those positions are often paid similarly but require much more work. If you can hop

There is also little motivation to do the hard part of maintaining things as those positions are often paid similarly but require much more work. If you can hop to jobs that only want new features while getting comp increases, where's the motivation to actually sit still and maintain something? However, I think the industry might be slowly moving against people who've never stayed at positions for a while and don't have this maintenance experience.