My current job is converting a growth project into a sustainable and maintainable service. The code is the worst production code I’ve ever seen in 25 years. I’m

My current job is converting a growth project into a sustainable and maintainable service. The code is the worst production code I’ve ever seen in 25 years. I’m shocked it works. Everyone that worked on it was fresh grads and it’s shit code for the most part. But is it inherently wrong? No. It introduced a new feature quickly, a lot more quickly than I ever could. The code i produce is maintainable and relatively bug free but I couldn’t have gotten it up and running as quickly as these kids did. Also the business decided this is what they wanted to do. Invest a low amount of money to see if the feature works and then if it does pass it onto more senior programmers that turn it into a real service. If it doesn’t stick then throw it away. It’s not the best, and I would never employ it but it’s one strategy and works if your care more about growth than efficiency.