Well, in one of my jobs I worked with a front-end developer to shift from "cloned code" to "using common libraries/functions". There was a macho "how many line

Well, in one of my jobs I worked with a front-end developer to shift from "cloned code" to "using common libraries/functions". There was a macho "how many lines are YOU responsible for" ethos, and we laughed that we were so negative that we'd never be winning on this metric. Maybe if EM did abs(#lines code) would handle such refactoring? And as many others have pointed out again and again - the only one who gives a sh*t about your career path is you. Yeah, maybe some friends and family, but it's your ass so take care of it. Be known, and ideally be known as somebody who's ok to work with and gets sh*t done.