Yes! And deleting large amounts of code from a massive tightly-coupled monolith is a great way to learn that first-hand. I like to say that you learn a lot more

Yes! And deleting large amounts of code from a massive tightly-coupled monolith is a great way to learn that first-hand. I like to say that you learn a lot more from dealing with a legacy monolith than you do by implementing the latest clean patterns. It eliminates a lot of cargo-cult mentality and lets you really see what patterns make the difference.