I've worked for several agencies and have friends who work for product companies and my experience is broadly the same as Alli's.
Sometimes in agencies you have to use a particular technology, sometimes you get to pick and choose. As long as you can justify it to management and the client, it's usually ok - but this includes the justification that it's ok to add yet another technology to the list you have to support.
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I've worked for several agencies and have friends who work for product companies and my experience is broadly the same as Alli's.
Sometimes in agencies you have to use a particular technology, sometimes you get to pick and choose. As long as you can justify it to management and the client, it's usually ok - but this includes the justification that it's ok to add yet another technology to the list you have to support.