Honestly, it seems like you crossed paths with a personality on an extreme end of some scale. I remember when I was a teenage hobbyist developer writing my fir

Honestly, it seems like you crossed paths with a personality on an extreme end of some scale. I remember when I was a teenage hobbyist developer writing my first web apps in ASP. I learned so much, so quickly, that I also rewrote most things a few times. I didn't try to fix that. I just naturally started learning less quickly as I grew more experienced. Now, I never threw away a whole stack like that, but then again, it's a lot easier to do that now (A lot more stacks, a lot more documentation). This guy is in college. He's never done this work professionally. I know you're very hedged in your suggestion but IMO it's still entirely unwarranted and tainted by a bad experience you had.