> Didn't the experts build the first system? Don't you want to deliver a fresher system? Won't the experts be attached to the old way of doing things?
With all respect, that means you should not be in a position to rewrite legacy code, or to commit others to such a rewrite.
If all the experts you have worked with have been, in your eyes, overly attached to the old way of doing things, you have one of two issues:
- You have not had enough experience in the field, and have not worked with experts that actually have perspective about when/how to rewrite, abandon, or rework their code.
- You have dogmatically condemned people who think that the latest-and-greatest tech may not be a good solution to the problems at hand to the "old fogey" bin.
Either issue means you're not ready to make decisions at this level. Learn more. Research more. Watch more. Listen more.
Weirdly, gaining this perspective has less to do (in my experience) with years on the job, and more with diversity of team/business environments worked in.
With all respect, that means you should not be in a position to rewrite legacy code, or to commit others to such a rewrite.
If all the experts you have worked with have been, in your eyes, overly attached to the old way of doing things, you have one of two issues:
- You have not had enough experience in the field, and have not worked with experts that actually have perspective about when/how to rewrite, abandon, or rework their code.
- You have dogmatically condemned people who think that the latest-and-greatest tech may not be a good solution to the problems at hand to the "old fogey" bin.
Either issue means you're not ready to make decisions at this level. Learn more. Research more. Watch more. Listen more.
Weirdly, gaining this perspective has less to do (in my experience) with years on the job, and more with diversity of team/business environments worked in.