>>You write bloated code for job security? Shame on you. Try to give him the benefit of the doubt. There's no indication that that's what he meant. Instead, he

>>You write bloated code for job security? Shame on you. Try to give him the benefit of the doubt. There's no indication that that's what he meant. Instead, he probably meant that one possible reason people write bloated code -- or at the very least, do not attempt to refactor it after writing it -- is that it provides them with job security. Which is a fair point.