Maybe you've been lucky so far working with good code. Most code is like this, it's semi-painful to work in. Once you have been working on it a while you'll be

Maybe you've been lucky so far working with good code. Most code is like this, it's semi-painful to work in. Once you have been working on it a while you'll be more used to it. I would spin it more like this. Hey if we refactor/rewrite this we can improve it and knock out these bugs in the process. It may be hard to convince the company to spend money on refactoring let alone writing tests. But you can always ask in a positive way to start on parts of it. You get paid the same, be positive, fix bugs/issues, improve things where you can. Keep making positive suggestions. As a developer you're almost always going to feel the urge to rewrite every app from scratch. I expect the code is making them money and they just want to keep things moving for now. At some point there is usually a rewrite from scratch, maybe that can be your project. Good luck with your new gig.