I can tell an amateur programmer because they aren't getting paid. Flippancy aside though: While I don't think it's what you're arguing for, I'd fear some woul

I can tell an amateur programmer because they aren't getting paid. Flippancy aside though: While I don't think it's what you're arguing for, I'd fear some would use an argument like this to defend a workflow and culture where new features are started by copy and pasting a mass of code, and then going in and tweaking little things here and there. Then when something has to change across the system, there are endless traps because things you need to change and maintain, that look identical, aren't quite. These workflows and cultures exist. There's a balance somewhere and finding that is the hard part, right?