I've worked in a place like this, and quit after little less than a year. They don't tell you upfront about all their crazy legacy software. The database is the Api for their applications, and the IT department gets to decide that you have to use Windows for development. The salary is average. My advice is to not take a job outside the software industry . I've never seen a place that was not broken.
A lot of people would be willing to deal with crazy software and shitty development environments if the salary and working conditions were really good. (Many consultants specialize in maintaining toxic legacy software that nobody else would want to touch.) But if the salary is just average (or below), there would be many better places to go.
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I've worked in a place like this, and quit after little less than a year. They don't tell you upfront about all their crazy legacy software. The database is the Api for their applications, and the IT department gets to decide that you have to use Windows for development. The salary is average. My advice is to not take a job outside the software industry . I've never seen a place that was not broken.
A lot of people would be willing to deal with crazy software and shitty development environments if the salary and working conditions were really good. (Many consultants specialize in maintaining toxic legacy software that nobody else would want to touch.) But if the salary is just average (or below), there would be many better places to go.
Indeed, with the right team and right working environment deciphering legacy application can even be fun. So the problem is not the legacy code alone.