A boring and simple tech stack can mean you focus on delivering features rather than trying to work out which part of your complicated system is broken.
The career benefit to me is that a simple tech stack allows a company to move fast and prosper. A prosperous company is usually financially rewarding even if it's not the most mentally rewarding.
Getting tangled up in shiny new toys can harm your ability to move fast and it can have a negative effect on your career at that particular company. Especially since the shiny new toy today is old and rusty tomorrow, but boring stacks will always be old reliable.
It is difficult to overestimate the value of being able to actually take time off because changes happen in a reasonable time and your software just works without any surprises. Give me a boring tech stack, please!
The career benefit to me is that a simple tech stack allows a company to move fast and prosper. A prosperous company is usually financially rewarding even if it's not the most mentally rewarding.
Getting tangled up in shiny new toys can harm your ability to move fast and it can have a negative effect on your career at that particular company. Especially since the shiny new toy today is old and rusty tomorrow, but boring stacks will always be old reliable.