Compared to say an SOA platform with 200 service endpoints, a database with about 2000 tables, integration with 15 other providers with XML, CSV, SFTP and some wierd shitty non standard binary protocol. All written entirely by the lowest bidder without unit tests because they knocked the budget up. Oh and with a toolchain which barely works and no VCS system past an old corrupt source safe database full of compiled DLLs which there is no source for any more.
I've done both and am currently stuck doing the latter - I'd rather poke one of my eyes out and debug a microkernel if I had a choice.
Compared to say an SOA platform with 200 service endpoints, a database with about 2000 tables, integration with 15 other providers with XML, CSV, SFTP and some wierd shitty non standard binary protocol. All written entirely by the lowest bidder without unit tests because they knocked the budget up. Oh and with a toolchain which barely works and no VCS system past an old corrupt source safe database full of compiled DLLs which there is no source for any more.
I've done both and am currently stuck doing the latter - I'd rather poke one of my eyes out and debug a microkernel if I had a choice.