That's not a good way to predict how maintainable software is. I've seen plenty of "software that I _want_ to maintain and _will_ maintain" that is complete sh

That's not a good way to predict how maintainable software is. I've seen plenty of "software that I _want_ to maintain and _will_ maintain" that is complete shit from a maintainability point of view. I've seen one-offs left by a consultant that are pretty amazing. The main difference in both cases was that more experienced developers made better and simpler code.