Shitty code written by the previous generations of programmers (typically Boomers) that did nothing but produce technical debt for millenials and Gen Z programmers to clean up, thus killing the thrill and
joy they expect to find based off of several
popular YouTube programmers chronicling their lives at more modern
tech companies. Most often you will find this regards developers who were
huge advocates of a specific vendor that is notorious for pushing sub-par software packages on the industry for profit (e.g.
Microsoft, Oracle,
IBM).
Typically stacks filled with boomercode feature a wide
set of redundant infrastructure, overengineering, technical debt and obscure proprietary softwares with no real value, such as EDI. The authors of such code typically also mock modern web standards and design practices. All while being unable to give a coherent explanation of their design choices.
50% of the transaction fees paid are likely because of boomercode.
Recruiter: Hey, I've got this awesome
job, they're willing to pay relocation fees and triple your salary.
Modern Developer: Sure, what kind of technology are we talking about?
Recruiter: You'll love it,
IBM Informix+Oracle, super
legacy ASPX, 4gl, a little COBOL. Lots of WCF. 80% of the business logic written in PL/SQL
Modern Developer: So boomercode
