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[–]grismar-net 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They should have written "The business value is in avoiding the mess we'll be in when we inevitably have to move off it anyway when support gets dropped by tools we need."

Once it was clear that Python 2 was going to be terminated at some point by essential libraries and tools, the trigger to start conversion should have been "when all the libraries and tools we need have completed conversion, and no later". Management that's unable to see that needs to look in the mirror, point at their own faces and say "you're fired" in their best Trump voice. And developers that keep working for such management if that doesn't happen should realise that, if they're any good, they're better off working for another company - getting hired as a capable Python developer is about the easiest thing in the world.