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@Jai__Malik Issue 2- it is difficult for anyone outside the field to evaluate the quality of your work; failure is sudden, public and painful; success is unseen, and tbh many people "succeed" through luck rather than skill (rather like hedge fund managers)

@Jai__Malik Issue 3- security often works against other goals (at least superficially), you will be the team scold and naysayer, with all the popularity that entails.
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@Jai__Malik Issue 4- most coders prefer to write code than read it, prefer greenfield to legacy complexity, prefer creating something new rather than protecting someone else's creation - basically, it isn't fun work for the average dev personality