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They all look shining from the outside, problems start when you join the new team and realize the pile of st you will be dealing with. Btw this happens in most

They all look shining from the outside, problems start when you join the new team and realize the pile of st you will be dealing with. Btw this happens in most companies, tons of tech debt. And those who created that st are off onto new projects recreating the exact same mess all over again. It is a cycle that never ends. Only chance is to join early and be in for the long run.

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dtgriscom 4y ago
... your censorial asterisks italicized part of your post ...
BurningFrog 4y ago
If you're good at cleaning up "pile of shit" code, you will always have work! It's s lot of fun with the right attitude.
- jdeaton 4y ago
  The problem is sometimes your organization does not reward these efforts at all.
- beebmam 4y ago
  I've made a great career of being a code janitor and doing what others don't want, while having a good attitude. In the last few years, I just rewrite everything I possibly can in Rust and I've yet to regret it.
  - norir 4y ago
    > I just rewrite everything I possibly can in Rust and I've yet to regret it. And hopefully no one else regrets it...
    - _djo_ 4y ago
      By then you're onto the next thing and it's their problem, right? Thus is the circle of (engineering) life. Just kidding. Please write maintainable code.
      - Firmwarrior 4y ago
        He's using RUST. Haven't you seen all the blogicles that explain how it's impossible to write bad code in rust??
      - BurningFrog 4y ago
        > Please write maintainable code Most people don't know how to do this, because it's actually hard, and I don't think it's being taught much in programmer education. I certainly had to learn "on the job", and probably spent 10 years before I got good at it. I learned the most by fixing bugs. After a while, I started seeing the patterns of why this bug had occurred, and started writing code do avoid the traps.
      - datavirtue 4y ago
        "Please write maintainable code" Not in the requirements, sorry.
  - xnorswap 4y ago
    > a code janitor I prefer the term troubleshooter specialising in legacy code, but "code janitor" definitely has felt more appropriate at times.
    - datavirtue 4y ago
      Legacy rescue
- Haga 4y ago
- HelloNurse 4y ago
  Work? Almost certainly. Career? Not very likely.

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dtgriscom 4y ago

... your censorial asterisks italicized part of your post ...

BurningFrog 4y ago

If you're good at cleaning up "pile of shit" code, you will always have work! It's s lot of fun with the right attitude.

jdeaton 4y ago
The problem is sometimes your organization does not reward these efforts at all.
beebmam 4y ago
I've made a great career of being a code janitor and doing what others don't want, while having a good attitude. In the last few years, I just rewrite everything I possibly can in Rust and I've yet to regret it.
- norir 4y ago
  > I just rewrite everything I possibly can in Rust and I've yet to regret it. And hopefully no one else regrets it...
  - _djo_ 4y ago
    By then you're onto the next thing and it's their problem, right? Thus is the circle of (engineering) life. Just kidding. Please write maintainable code.
    - Firmwarrior 4y ago
      He's using RUST. Haven't you seen all the blogicles that explain how it's impossible to write bad code in rust??
    - BurningFrog 4y ago
      > Please write maintainable code Most people don't know how to do this, because it's actually hard, and I don't think it's being taught much in programmer education. I certainly had to learn "on the job", and probably spent 10 years before I got good at it. I learned the most by fixing bugs. After a while, I started seeing the patterns of why this bug had occurred, and started writing code do avoid the traps.
    - datavirtue 4y ago
      "Please write maintainable code" Not in the requirements, sorry.
- xnorswap 4y ago
  > a code janitor I prefer the term troubleshooter specialising in legacy code, but "code janitor" definitely has felt more appropriate at times.
  - datavirtue 4y ago
    Legacy rescue
Haga 4y ago
HelloNurse 4y ago
Work? Almost certainly. Career? Not very likely.