Wasn't this a bit of a self deprecating summary of his own career?
Many of the comments seem to assume that it was written by his colleagues and that the description of his career is condescending or snarky.
Personally, I find it really funny, and that it probably describes many of us, despite the fact that we think we are way too cool to ever be like the character described in the piece.
Most of today's new tech will become tomorrow's 'legacy'. Imagine how your awsum multi lambda hairball deployment will look in 30 years. (If it's even around in three decades.)
This is how it should be on salary. If you're good enough then you can get time back from the job and work less per week. It starts to look crazy good when you are doing like 5-10 hours per week because you're so familiar with a code base and have a decent understanding of the business. If they aren't going to give meaningful raises for doing maintenance, then time is the only thing you can get more of.
If companies want people to work harder, they'll have to give more compensation that scales better with performance.
Many of the comments seem to assume that it was written by his colleagues and that the description of his career is condescending or snarky.
Personally, I find it really funny, and that it probably describes many of us, despite the fact that we think we are way too cool to ever be like the character described in the piece.
Most of today's new tech will become tomorrow's 'legacy'. Imagine how your awsum multi lambda hairball deployment will look in 30 years. (If it's even around in three decades.)