[keiferski]

Eh it depends. I’ve worked at / with a lot of more traditional non-tech companies and you’d be amazed at how a lot of the software looks like Excel circa 1995.

I guess they could be using third party software but it seems like often they are just using an ancient thing they built themselves.

[saturn8601]

Sounds like you are picturing WinForms in your mind (Was so awesome to create forms and ship really customized usable software quickly). Does business software really need to be super pretty?

[keiferski]

No definitely doesn’t need to be pretty. My point is more that building and managing this stuff often requires a programmer. It’s not “cool” or cutting edge but it’s a job.

[bluGill]

That tends not to be written by software people so we can ignore it even though you are correct.

[christoff12]

People who write software are software people lol. A lot of stuff is just old.

Accountants and marketers didn't build the legacy tools teams are stuck with.