Title: I recently moved cross country to work on what was supposed to be a fairly nice, new stack. I love my new city but the job is killing me.<p>Its legacy code dating back more than 20 years. I&#x27;m afraid that my skills will rot if I stay too long. The code quality is also horrible and its making me hate coding.<p>The company talks about how we&#x27;re just around the corner  transitioning to newer stuff.  After talking to some veterans, apparently it&#x27;s been &quot;right around the corner&quot; for years.<p>I was hired for my React and Typescript skills&#x2F;interest and it&#x27;s been months with no signs of being able to use them. I&#x27;m not good with their current stack but I have no interest in learning it because its so obsolete. I&#x27;m beginning to think that they mislead new employees because otherwise they would ask for a lot more money or walk away.<p>I&#x27;m torn about my best course of action. I&#x27;m not good at my job because I don&#x27;t know their tech. I&#x27;m not good with their tech because I hate it and I&#x27;m bitter that I was lied to. I can&#x27;t mentally force myself to learn this ancient shit. On the other hand, they&#x27;re paying me, so I owe them something right?<p>The best solution for me is definitely to just get a job somewhere else, but I&#x27;ve only been at my current job for a few months. Should I just stick it out and hope I don&#x27;t get fired for underperforming?
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