that last sentence doesn't make sense to me - as a leader I enjoy succeeding rather than failing so if a rewrite is what's necessary then that's the fun option.

that last sentence doesn't make sense to me - as a leader I enjoy succeeding rather than failing so if a rewrite is what's necessary then that's the fun option. rewrites happen when changing requirements bent your code past its limit. they're natural and necessary and resisting one on principle is way less fun than the alternative.