[indigochill]

> How do you get promoted and what will you put on your CV if you don't change stuff and just keep the lights on?

Find a new need. Every good product (and many bad products) is an answer to some need. And the world's full of all kinds of needs that we can work on.

However, sometimes we start projects without proving they actually answer a need, or sometimes the internal corporate needs don't match the user's needs (I'm looking at you, integrated advertising in Windows 11).

[bonoboTP]

Finding a new need is risky and difficult. Tweaking and rewriting parts of an existing product with proven market adoption to fit the new fads delivers more predictable flashy results and successes for your CV and career and visibility within the organization.