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.

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.

> Spain parliament is against unilateral declarations of independence.

For background, it's because the Spanish government is afraid that recognizing independence movements legitimizes the Catalonian independence movement in their own country.

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 parliament is against unilateral declarations of independence.

Very convenient of them isn’t it?

Aren't they allowed to have an opinion?

> The monument was donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1887.

According to https://www.atticinscriptions.com/inscription/AIUK14/1

> This small stele or plaque was donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1887 or 1888 by Alexander Wood Inglis. There is currently no information on how he acquired it.

I assume he (or the previous owner) acquired the stele by the same means the marbles of the Parthenon were acquired.

Steling?

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.

I would consider the implied quid pro quo to be the "shenanigans"

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!).

Allow me to be a bit "blunt" and controversial here: Catalonia based their economy in slavery[1][2][3][4]. Are Catalans going to make reparations to the descendents of those slaves?

Sadly, what is in the past cannot be undone. We can help poor and needed people, though. And we should be doing that, independently of their ancestors.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/apr/13/barcelona-sla...

[2] https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20200622/481890711216/a...

[3] https://aldianews.com/culture/heritage-and-history/very-prof...

[4] https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-48476378

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