There was a time when new hires spent years or more doing support and learning all the codebase. I got to learn how very interesting and complex systems (from a

There was a time when new hires spent years or more doing support and learning all the codebase. I got to learn how very interesting and complex systems (from a space program to a Unix kernel) worked. I got to see what brilliant, pedestrian and bad code looked like. Now, new hires need to be given the new features so they’re happy and can rush out and create new technical debt from day one.