> "Purely out of interest, what does the tech stack tend to look like for these big projects?"
My experience being on executive panels, etc. receiving pitches from firms like Deloitte, et Al., is that they're super buzzword-compliant nonsense because what they're actually selling is a vision of "innovation" and "modernization" to middle & upper management of all manner of enterprises going through the corporate/institutional version of a midlife crisis. These folks want to feel relevant and cutting edge, and firms like Deloitte sell straight into the strange mix of vanity and insecurity. That said, I'm sure I'm witnessing a fair amount of sample bias in that read, as it's the big corporate contract side.
I have no idea what the governmental side looks like.
It's the same. Bureaucrats measure their self-worth by the relative size of their budget compared to their peers. It's not their money, they don't care about cost, except that the more they can spend, the easier it is to get a budget increase and gain rank in their peer group. Consulting firms like Deloitte help them burn their budget every year.
My experience being on executive panels, etc. receiving pitches from firms like Deloitte, et Al., is that they're super buzzword-compliant nonsense because what they're actually selling is a vision of "innovation" and "modernization" to middle & upper management of all manner of enterprises going through the corporate/institutional version of a midlife crisis. These folks want to feel relevant and cutting edge, and firms like Deloitte sell straight into the strange mix of vanity and insecurity. That said, I'm sure I'm witnessing a fair amount of sample bias in that read, as it's the big corporate contract side.
I have no idea what the governmental side looks like.