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'One skeleton crew to maintain the "bad" code in production, and everyone else was allocated to the rewrite.' My employer is doing this now. I'm on the mainten
by mring33621 4y ago
'One skeleton crew to maintain the "bad" code in production, and everyone else was allocated to the rewrite.'
My employer is doing this now.
I'm on the maintenance side.
I am not refactoring it quietly, yet.
I am quietly supporting the rewrite team, although I won't get credit for it.
The 'bad' code makes us money today.
The new code costs us money today.
I doubt it will ever be better enough to pay for its own development.
But that does not seem to matter.
Mgmt wants to be like google.
Mgmt wants a bigger org.
Not much I can do except to keep the money coming in today.
- ratww 4y agoAlso been there. Started on the rewrite, noticed it wasn't gonna go anywhere, asked to switch to maintaining the money maker. Didn't need to refactor much: the code quality was VASTLY superior than the new system. However I not-so-silently worked on a redesign. After four years not working there, the old system is still running full steam. The new one was shelved.
- grayclhn 4y agoOne piece of advice: make damn sure you get credit for supporting the rewrite.