> Doing that can be pretty tough, though, especially with peer pressure to use hot tech so you aren't left behind in the industry due to stagnating skills (e.g. needing to learn GraphQL and gRPC when REST is still good enough, for example; same for containers and Kubernetes).

This is essentially why I’m now in the midst of a career change. I realized I want no part in what is more of a cargo cult than an engineering discipline.