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Re:Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or ... by Xenoamorphous on Friday March 06, 2026 @02:58PM (#47280289)
> I'm very much a "builder" type dev that has more fun going from 0-v1 than maintaining and expanding scalable, large systems.

Most prefer a greenfield project.

Re:Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or ... by mmcnl on Friday March 06, 2026 @03:12PM (#47280459)
I don't know, the majority of my colleagues have no idea how to do anything in a greenfield environment. They need guardrails.
Re:Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or ... by icedchai on Friday March 06, 2026 @06:32PM (#47282525)
My best projects have all been greenfield. The worst were a few years old but required tons of maintenance unrelated to the core product. Example: one place built their own ORM. Twice.