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A comment on Ask HN: Started a new job and their existing code sucks. What to do?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Started a new job and their existing code sucks. ... by riwasabi on Thursday January 25, 2018 @03:47PM (#16234501)
"Be a little more relaxed about this" is probably the best advice haha. I think I just freaked out when I saw their code/had to debug it. But, as @pascalxus said, this is probably very common in many places.
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Re:Ask HN: Started a new job and their existing code sucks. ... by marenkay on Friday January 26, 2018 @01:50AM (#16237460)
It is much more common than decent code that just lets you iterate and implement good stuff. Also the lesson to take away: code like this is everywhere and often it powers the things you really do not want to be run by something like that.

Considering that you will face this probably with your next employer again, deep breath and just enjoy the actual engineering work!

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