In most companies the CI/Dev Tools team is a career dead end. There is no possibility to show a business impact, it's just a money pit that leadership can't/won

In most companies the CI/Dev Tools team is a career dead end. There is no possibility to show a business impact, it's just a money pit that leadership can't/won't understand (and if they do start to understand it, then it becomes _their_ money pit, which is a career dead end for them) So no one who has their head on straight wants to spend time improving it. And you can't even really say it's a short sighted attitude. It definitely is from a developer's perspective, and maybe it is for the company if dev time is what decides the success of the business overall.