'''AntiPattern Name''': ''CareeristCornCob'' '''Type''': ''Development'' '''Problem''': You need to choose a technology for your development '''Context''': You need to develop some new system or piece of software that could easily be developed using established technologies '''Forces''': * You are keen to keep yourself marketable by have new technologies on your CV/resumee * You find learning new technologies interesting and stimulating * You are better at coping with new technologies than your peers, so you shine in this situation '''Supposed Solution''': Use an exciting new technology. '''Refactored Solution''': * Find some other project for you to work on that does need new technology * Find work in a more technologically adventurous company '''Examples''': * Using a RelationalDatabase when an ObjectOrientedDatabase would be just fine (or vice versa). ---- An example of CornCob described in AntiPatternsBook. Formulated into the template by StephenHutchinson ---- This AntiPattern is described from the perspective of the Careerist. It could also be described from the perspective of, say, the project manager. --- CategoryAntiPattern