Knowing Amazons backends this is just their technical debt creeping up. Coders do repetetive work there because extending from their architecture means lots of code simply to keep the machine running. I would be surprised if they did not assign ASIN (which come from the need to keep ISBN compatibility everywhere) to not only Apps but other virtual goods lol.
From my integrations pov Ebay was ahead of their time with their data structure and pushed for deprecation fast to not keep the debt. Amazon ooth only looks more modern through acquiring new market fields instantly followed by throwing a lot of money to facade up the mess. Every contact like key account managers there were usually pushed for numbers, this has nothing to do with coders being coders.
Bosses always look for ways to instantly measure coders output which is just short-sighted way of thinking. My coworkers were measured by lines of code obviously. I wonder how you measure great engineering.
So no, this has not changed, you can still work uninterrupted on stuff for months or years if you want and skip these places, maybe even proved over your career that previous designs are stable for years to come.
From my integrations pov Ebay was ahead of their time with their data structure and pushed for deprecation fast to not keep the debt. Amazon ooth only looks more modern through acquiring new market fields instantly followed by throwing a lot of money to facade up the mess. Every contact like key account managers there were usually pushed for numbers, this has nothing to do with coders being coders.
Bosses always look for ways to instantly measure coders output which is just short-sighted way of thinking. My coworkers were measured by lines of code obviously. I wonder how you measure great engineering.
So no, this has not changed, you can still work uninterrupted on stuff for months or years if you want and skip these places, maybe even proved over your career that previous designs are stable for years to come.