In most code I look at, to try and get clarity on something I’m trying to do, I have no idea what’s going on. Variables seem arbitrary, everything seems cryptic

In most code I look at, to try and get clarity on something I’m trying to do, I have no idea what’s going on. Variables seem arbitrary, everything seems cryptic, and I can’t be bothered to try and track down what’s happening. My own code doesn’t look like that at all. I have long descriptive variables, what I think are easy to read and follow functions, etc. Sometimes I think if I want to be “good” I need my stuff to look like what I find, but at the end of the day, I want it to be easy for me (and hopefully others) to maintain. If no one else can read my code, I don’t view it as job security, I view it has handcuffs.