[pjmlp]

It is quite different, as those are incremental changes, and most of them can be ignored until there is a requirement to use a library or SDK that makes more recent features a requirement.

Any corporate developer knows the pain of actually being allowed to upgrade toolchains, traditionally lagging behind several years behind lang v-latest.

[cess11]

I much prefer upgraded libraries and tooling over sticking to deprecated stuff.

Handling upgrades is like doing the dishes, it has to be done, there's no use complaining about it.

[pjmlp]

Someone has to put the money on the table for those upgrades.

This is the great thing about consulting instead of product development, developers are made constantly aware of their hourly rates.

No budget for spending time on upgrades, no upgrades.

[cess11]

Don't work for people that disallow upgrades and maintenance. Don't make deals with people who don't understand that software is finished when it's dismantled and the code deleted.

[pjmlp]

Easier said than done, I have seen a lot since 1980's.

[cess11]

Do what you have to survive, then bail when you can.