[jibe]

I’ve never worked anywhere where lack of work or projects was the bottleneck. Time, headcount, and budget were always the constraints.

Even in cost centers like IT or ops, there’s usually an endless backlog of work, technical debt, support requests, and improvements that never get prioritized because resources are limited.

[pjmlp]

Try consulting agencies, or freelancing as external contractor.

[eru]

And resources are limited because the cost/benefit ratio for adding more resources just isn't there for most of what's on the backlog. (Or at least that's what management thinks.)

Just because the cost/benefit ratio improves a bit in one area doesn't mean that all of a sudden all projects on the backlog become worthwhile.