In my opinion, the problem is not technical debt by itself, or technical issues. These are fixable if you know how.
However: Organizations which heap technical debt have likely a culture that encouraged it. It is unlikely you can change that without management buy-in. Especially if old developers don’t have the desire to change their ways. Many believe that producing bad quality gets results faster (which isn’t true once you look further than about 6-9 months - it is an erroneous belief system).
In my opinion, the problem is not technical debt by itself, or technical issues. These are fixable if you know how.
However: Organizations which heap technical debt have likely a culture that encouraged it. It is unlikely you can change that without management buy-in. Especially if old developers don’t have the desire to change their ways. Many believe that producing bad quality gets results faster (which isn’t true once you look further than about 6-9 months - it is an erroneous belief system).