#75 Jan Hegewald: From Legacy to Modern - Engineering for Business Success
Better Tech Leadership
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Navigating Legacy Systems: Balancing Experience and Learning in Team Dynamics
This chapter emphasizes the importance of integrating both experienced and learning team members when tackling legacy software, highlighting the need for technical expertise alongside an understanding of modernization goals. Through a real-life example from a price comparison website, the speaker illustrates how a team's voluntary modernization of a legacy system led to a sense of accomplishment. The conversation also touches on the transition from junior to senior roles, emphasizing the value of grasping the business rationale behind engineering decisions and the intellectual challenges posed by legacy systems in the tech industry.
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