You managed to put some of my previous experiences into far better words than I ever could. Especially the part of my "solutions" that come with tons of "this w

You managed to put some of my previous experiences into far better words than I ever could. Especially the part of my "solutions" that come with tons of "this works for now, but it will break here, here and here". I never worked at a megacorp though, mostly by choice, so it was less getting airdropped from up high and more accidentally being volunteered for a project. Somehow diving deep into an unknown code base and making either surgical changes or nuking good chunks of it, is something I enjoy and have become quite good at. Interestingly enough, I share the same hybrid of self-taught with some formal education. And after checking your blog, we also share interests in some fairly low level, niche fields, even if we choose totally different things to focus on.