This is true, but if you are working on such a large code base, and you like the company you work for, you will be working on it for a long time. You will beco

This is true, but if you are working on such a large code base, and you like the company you work for, you will be working on it for a long time. You will become familiar with the coding style (or lack of style) of the original programmers, and you will be able to recognize their mistakes quicker over time. Rewriting it is always on option, maybe not the correct one, but it is an option. But probably better is to figure out how to rewrite it in pieces. If you are working with a legacy coldfusion or php code base, god help you. But there are still ways to abstract the original code to allow you to implement a more gradual/iterative code rewrite strat.