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The OP also said “During my PhD, I” I would guesstimate that software 100% was ‘maintained’ by PhD students with x years of funding in which they 1) had to get
by Someone 4y ago
The OP also said “During my PhD, I”
I would guesstimate that software 100% was ‘maintained’ by PhD students with x years of funding in which they 1) had to get their thesis done. 2) had to get their thesis done. 3) etc.
Spending a few months to make life easier for your successors just isn’t worth it. And yes, it might be worth it at the start of your PhD, but then, you don’t know the software well enough to dare embark on such a journey.
Also, it’s quite possible none of those PhD students had decent schooling in software engineering.