Are you sure that the state of the code base is due to programmers ability? In most cases it is a result of starting out with incomplete or unknown set of requi

Are you sure that the state of the code base is due to programmers ability? In most cases it is a result of starting out with incomplete or unknown set of requirements. Edit after edit, bug fix after bug fix the codebase becomes a mess.Most of the time there's no incentive to go back and refactor and redesign the code. Lack of funds, lack of personnel, not touching what already works, you name it...