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Akos Komuves's avatar

That's a great comparison. I was recently asked how I pick technologies, and first, I had to admit that my process has changed a lot in the past few years.

I value:

Maturity - tried and true plumbing over the digital shower

Community - If I can't, the guy next door can fix it

Innovation - still, I prefer to shower in a more modern setting. That’s why I write all this code, right? 😄

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Richard Clarke's avatar

You're a man after my own heart Matt. Tech is there to solve a problem. Too many CTOs just want to pad their resumes, leaving chaos in their wake!

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Matt Watson's avatar

Too many of them want on their resume that they built software for Formula 1 cars when we really needed some CRUD line of business app completed!

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Richard Clarke's avatar

Matt have you ever worked in corporate? If you can talk for an hour without taking a breath and keep dropping in buzzwords like "terraform" "K8s" "react" etc. you literally see senior management eyes lighting up and the money starts to flow like water....

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