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Re:The Decline of Usability by userbinator on Saturday April 18, 2020 @02:02AM (#22905666)
Most, not all; if you have the right skills, you can find a comfortable job maintaining legacy code and (actually) improving it. Then again, most developers seem more interested in chasing new and shiny rather than polishing a stable system.
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Re:The Decline of Usability by Ididntdothis on Saturday April 18, 2020 @01:40PM (#22909446)
" comfortable job maintaining legacy code "

That's a very dangerous career path though. If that legacy system gets replaced you are usually out of a job and job search is hard with outdated skills.

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Re:The Decline of Usability by userbinator on Saturday April 18, 2020 @04:03PM (#22910648)
To give you an idea of how reluctant they are to replace things, some equipment in the manufacturing industry is over a century old and still in continuous use. They will certainly be extremely unwilling to get on the "upgrade treadmill" that seems to be getting faster these days.

Also, problem solving and creative thinking are never outdated skills. ;-)

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Re:The Decline of Usability by InnerGargoyle on Saturday April 18, 2020 @10:39AM (#22908065)
guide me brother how to get into this?
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Re:The Decline of Usability by ativzzz on Saturday April 18, 2020 @12:54PM (#22909018)
Apply to big non tech companies who probably run on older tech
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