For what benefit in the end for the individual?
> But then why would that job be better than just taking a random position in a FAANG company? The code quality will be better and so will the pay. Exactly the thing people are missing here. It's a lot of work at a very…
Yeah, lot of worms...and if while refactoring things break. You are on the hook for scanning through that complex monster at 3 am and finding the issue and fixing it for no additional pay in most cases.
The biggest problem isn't even the codebase in this situation. When you keep finding bugs like that while refactoring and making things better, it will demoralise you. The productivity will stop when that happens. It…
For what benefit in the end for the individual?
> But then why would that job be better than just taking a random position in a FAANG company? The code quality will be better and so will the pay. Exactly the thing people are missing here. It's a lot of work at a very…
Yeah, lot of worms...and if while refactoring things break. You are on the hook for scanning through that complex monster at 3 am and finding the issue and fixing it for no additional pay in most cases.
The biggest problem isn't even the codebase in this situation. When you keep finding bugs like that while refactoring and making things better, it will demoralise you. The productivity will stop when that happens. It…