Huh. I, also, have worked with a large C++ codebase written by a team of people who were not C++ programmers. Also (?) VFX code. My favourite was the 3k line lo

Huh. I, also, have worked with a large C++ codebase written by a team of people who were not C++ programmers. Also (?) VFX code. My favourite was the 3k line long single method. As for whether or not you should leave, that depends on how happy you are swapping your life for money. There are good jobs, but no guarantees you'll get one of them.