Consulting. Not a longterm in the company thing, but there is money in coming in and cleaning up others messes and get them on a path that can be maintained.
For myself - I've got projects I've helped as above. I'm not a maintenance/sustaining kind of guy, but many companies gamble on a "make it work now" scenario and then need help after the fact to bring it back to reality for long term support.
It's not sexy, I don't do it often, but if someone has an interesting challenge to get from X to sustaining, I'm happy to hear and maybe work something out biz wise.
For myself - I've got projects I've helped as above. I'm not a maintenance/sustaining kind of guy, but many companies gamble on a "make it work now" scenario and then need help after the fact to bring it back to reality for long term support.
It's not sexy, I don't do it often, but if someone has an interesting challenge to get from X to sustaining, I'm happy to hear and maybe work something out biz wise.