Old software is not always more reliable though, which is my point. We can all think of really old still maintained software that is awful and unreliable. Maybe

Old software is not always more reliable though, which is my point. We can all think of really old still maintained software that is awful and unreliable. Maybe I'm just unlucky and get hired at places riddled with low quality software? I don't know, but I do know nobody I've ever worked with is ever surprised, only the junior developers. Reality is management is often misaligned with proper software engineering craftsmanship at every org I've worked at except one, and that was because the top director who oversaw all of us was also a developer and he let our team lead direct us whichever way he wanted us to.