&gt;I&#x27;ve seen people proud of having an opportunity to maintain (note: not to develop, just to maintain) big products. Such product was doing amazing things and was well-written, of course, but would you think you could take pride of maintaining somebody else&#x27;s work?<p>Most developers wouldn&#x27;t. There&#x27;s a stigma against maintenance. Most developers want to be Software Architects! (Said with the pigs in space voice).