> Every engineer loves greenfield development because it allows them to explore the terrain without having to deal with the trade-offs, constraints and messines

> Every engineer loves greenfield development because it allows them to explore the terrain without having to deal with the trade-offs, constraints and messiness of existing code. This seems like a grand overgeneralization from someone who hasn't done much engineering. There are a lot of us who enjoy the challenge of working within the constraints of an existing codebase.