Most of the devs are aspired to learn cutting-edge technologies and develop new, innovative products cause it's fun and adds a lot of value, keeping them excited and inspired.

In reality, tho, the vast majority of the open roles are often seeking devs to maintain their monster-size code-bases often written in outdated frameworks to fix bugs while avoiding damage to major dependencies.

How do you keep motivating yourself to deal with continuous legacy projects? Or do you try to avoid them at all costs?