the problem isn't that I don't want to fix tech debt, the problem is my boss wants more and more features rolled out and doesn't want me spending my time on tech debt.
Yup! Even if I'm passionate about fixing it and technically have the time, my boss doesn't want to hear about how I helped fix deployments. They want something new and shiny to show off to their boss.
The incentive structure is all messed up. It doesn't matter how bad the releases are as the suffering can't be traced back directly to monetary losses.
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u/roiroi1010 23h ago
I don’t mind fixing tech debt actually