I always try to approach all code, even my own code as “lets improve this”. I tell the junior developers to “Write code like you have to come back in a decade

I always try to approach all code, even my own code as “lets improve this”. I tell the junior developers to “Write code like you have to come back in a decade with no context” When mentoring I also suggest the most important quality is a “think skin and an open mind”. Your code always sucks. It’s a time -vs- constraint issue as the author mentions. As context changes, code must adapt. That’s why I’m not worried about AI any time soon.