> The community of programmers has a love affair with “the next shiny object”. This is likely to create “churn” in your organization, as the “half-life” of shiny objects may be quite short."

This is an interesting thought. A company uses shiny tech because programmers like using them for whatever reason. This attracts employees who want to use this tech too. The half-life for shiny tech is short and so these developers move on to shinier pastures. I wonder if this explains why people change jobs so often in tech? I’m sure I read the average tenure is much lower (~1.5years) compared to other industries.