[mrisoli]

IMO it's a no-brainer to choose complex technology, the incentives are much more attractive.

Go the simple way and it works, you get paid and off to the next project, if it doesn't work, its your fault.

But on the job experience with scaling tech is way more valued than doing some online course, you get paid to learn by doing on company time, and you don't lose anything by possibly wasting company resources. So you tick the box that often job postings have "proven track record of <insert scale buzz here>" which could possibly lead to a much better salary, its all incentives.