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Yeah if you want to prevent management (anyone above you) from forcing you into more/continued technical debt, you need to learn how to manage your managers, but in a very sincere way. The best approach is to be good at your job, a good listener, responsible, trustworthy, proactive, respectful, and considerate. The more you practice this, the more management will trust you and respect the stance you take against technical debt. Take a personal interest in satisfying your managers and others needs. For example you might take on and quickly complete one of their simple pet projects that they really want for some reason but have a hard time justifying mandating it as a priority. The more you give them, the more you will get in terms of freedom to do things your way, etc.