My big distinction is programming on my own code vs programming with someone else's code, with programming my own obviously being preferred. While probably unl

My big distinction is programming on my own code vs programming with someone else's code, with programming my own obviously being preferred. While probably unlikely, if someone wanted me to do a new project in Fortran, COBOL, or Pascal it would be easier than if I got thrown into the middle of an existing mess and told to fix it. That can be really challenging, because it's amazing how bad some code is. On the other hand, if getting paid $175+ an hour, a job is a job. If it takes longer because the code is shitty, well, it also pays more.