[evoneutron]

I was doing consulting work for a small startup that had senior-level "architect" that was responsible for designing the software.

He was producing a lot of tech debt. Instead of automating things he introduced a lot of processes that required manual work. Pretty stubborn person in general, and was adding a bunch of code that was sub-optimal and hard to read.

I quit that gig after 7 months, not worth it when people like that lead the development of the product. Eventually, that product will either have to be rewritten or the it will (along with the company) fail to deliver. Tech debt is dangerous, it can destroy the business if not handled.