Man, I echo the same sentiments. Even I too have this compulsion for neatness and tidiness and find it near impossible to work on completely messed up code. >B

Man, I echo the same sentiments. Even I too have this compulsion for neatness and tidiness and find it near impossible to work on completely messed up code. >But realistically even if I didn't do that, I'd probably still be 20 years into my career and working as a senior dev, so what's the difference? Similar thoughts. Looking back I think about all the time I had sacrificed to make myself better but for what? There is no value for this as I have seen totally incompetent people still standing and moving much ahead. The corporate juggernaut does not give a damn about workmanship or quality, something I learnt later in my life as I took a pause to catch my breath.