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Somebody has to mantain "legacy software", heck you can even tell that all software becomes "legacy" at some point.

Without knowing you it's difficult to know why are you selected to work on legacy software. Maybe you're great dealing with old code bases? Maybe other people has a better marketing and come as "rock star" engineers that can work with the last technology?

There are two possible "solutions" I can think of:

  - Move jobs once you're assigned to work on legacy software (change jobs each 2-4 years).
  - Work in a startup where all software is crucial for the company and even if there are no good-practices, you'll learn many "shiny" technologies.

I don't mind doing home assignments as long as they're interesting. Make learn about some technology or some design pattern or whatever. Something that improves my skill. If I am going to dedicate some of my own time to a project, at least, push my skills to the limit and "help me" grow.

I refuse to do basic projects that make me learn nothing and feel like a wasting of time. Most of the time if the assignment is "not interesting" the future offer would be lower than I expect and the daily job is going to be boring.

I think that my point of view is going to be unique here, maybe is because I need a "push" to improve my skills (I'd rather not to be fair), but although I have been rejected from some processes after a long and hard assignment, I have learn something and I'm happy (almost grateful) about that.

Aren't they allowed to have an opinion?

It's not only that. After the Civil War and Franco's regime, Spain's political tradition is to avoid conflict and wars at all cost.

Spain will only veto Scotland if the independence is not agreed between the UK and Scotland (in the same spirit of Spain's opinion of Kosovo independence).

Spain parliament is against unilateral declarations of independence.

However, Catalonia was not a kingdom but a region inside the Kingdom of Aragon, like Valencia, for example.

Is the US government going to return their lands to Native American peoples?

There were not "shenanigans", US doctrine is that the shipwreck belongs to the original country that fleet the ship.

Legally the treasure of shipwrecks belongs to the nation whose flag was flying on her mast.

However, as a good faith, a portion of the treasure could (and should) be given to Colombia.

Spain and Colombia are brother countries, I'm sure we can find some agreement (I hope!).

Another example: Is UK going to pay reparations to its old colonies? Don't think so.

Can't they give a free adapter when selling an iPhone?

I have lived all my life in Spain and that's not my experience. Maybe in some small rural towns you can (illegally) keep an unfinished work for years, as long as nobody notices.

However, that is absolutely not true for most Spanish cities.