I’ve been shouting this mantra at companies for a while now, most generally have an aversion to junior engineers and my main argument is “they are junior” which seems lost on many.
Each question you have above should be solved in an order that makes sense.
Full rewrites do not make sense if you plan to put on hold the project. You have to make a greenfield space within the mud.
I recently did this, I inherited an Angular 1/Java project and someone had already hired my team they hired 6 React/Node Devs. They were JS devs but not angular. We just started embedding React in the Angular routes, also product team wanted a new design. So we had two themes, old and new at a certain point we were 80% there and made a push for the final 20%. Took 1.5 years to rewrite a FE e-commerce app.
Be careful you don’t demotivate the team by complaining…
Use sentences like “We can do better” and remember that the past is the past, focus on the future, lead them forward.
They obviously do not know better and need your help. Teach them, be the leader they need and you will be so proud of the work you do together and the people you helped to do better.
That’s kind of interesting. About 5 years ago I used to stream on Twitch. I did pretty decent at times up to 500 concurrent viewers.
I came to a similar conclusion when asking myself “why do they even watch me?” The same answer came to me “Loneliness”.
Streaming close to 24/7 helps, because it means you are always available when needed. Having a schedule, means people can be there with you in the times when they are alone. Creating a name for your followers, the tribe, being open with people. These things play into it also.
That’s why people connect around specific games I think, to have something in common.
So it’s easy, just buy a new printer one from a non-criminal company.