Software is a messy business indeed.https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1032939617404645376 …
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The difficulty, as with many systems, is that there's not a tight feedback loop for tech debt. Consequences occur at a time so far removed from the initial debt creation that there's not always a clear link in our minds. We tend to think our immediate problems have recent causes.
One way is to not push your employees to work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, for extended periods of time, and to have a performance review process that isn't based on cutthroat competition. If you *let* your employees have spare time to go back and fix messes, (some) will.
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I know I did, when I worked for
$BigCo. I took over some legacy crap and rewrote it, pushed forward with security-oriented cleanups, etc. And people were supportive and I got plenty of kudos (and even bonuses) for it. -
Fun story: one such legacy system was a thing a huge portion of the company depended on and was run by one (not very likable) dude. He left, system broke, manager was gone, manager's manager forgot her key card. I found out it was insecure anyway so I basically hacked into it.
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