>Thank you for explaining the reality of the situation. Where reality means a serious failure in tech leadership. >I've seen some programmers actually try to

>Thank you for explaining the reality of the situation. Where reality means a serious failure in tech leadership. >I've seen some programmers actually try to do the rewrites themselves. They code for a week or two, discover just how much business logic has been written into the thing over the last 20 years, and abandon it to start looking for employment elsewhere. Having been one of these people that "try to do the rewrites" himself, I left because paying off technical debt wasn't prioritized. It's not just about having a modern stack, it's about being able to hire maintenance programmers and not being forced into trying to keep a sinking ship afloat.