Having worked professionally for several companies who had 8 to 10 year old proprietary code bases, I'm a big fan of using frameworks for web development. If a

Having worked professionally for several companies who had 8 to 10 year old proprietary code bases, I'm a big fan of using frameworks for web development. If a company isn't going to use a framework, they had better architect and spec out their app with heavy documentation. I would argue this is more for the stability and future of the app and company than it is for ease of hiring purposes. Without a spec or framework, you run the risk of ending up with various styles of code (often times some really terrible stuff) sprinkled throughout the codebase, constant arguments between devs (as there is no established standard within the code) and a mountain of "tech debt".