[coldtea]

>It really depends on what your goal is. You don't need to buy into any of it and still write high quality software.

Unless you also make the decisions at the company you work for, no you really can't.

What you said only applies to people making those decisions for their teams or working alone. Others are at the mercy of whatever BS du jour they'll be asked to code in.

[leeoniya]

Good point. But if you come to a team where the environment is already set up for you, then at least you avoid the headache of choosing/debugging every nut and bolt of the system just to begin writing code.

If you're in a position to define the stack, you have to weigh the benefits vs churn very carefully.