throwaway002ha

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   by throwaway002ha 4y ago

   For what benefit in the end for the individual?
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   by throwaway002ha 4y ago

   > 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 high skill l
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   by throwaway002ha 4y ago

   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.
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   by throwaway002ha 4y ago

   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 also require above