Re:Ask HN: Started a new job and their existing code sucks. ...
by gtirloni on Thursday January 25, 2018 @08:22PM
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Personally I think itβs irresponsible to hire new employees before having a maintainable project.
Have you ever been in a situation where you think "Gee, this is a mess but we are swamped here! Let's hire more people to help fix this" and then the new hire(s) joins the team and proceeds to bad mouth everything instead of helping to make things better? I have and it wasn't lack of communication or openness.
Have you ever been in a situation where you think "Gee, this is a mess but we are swamped here! Let's hire more people to help fix this" and then the new hire(s) joins the team and proceeds to bad mouth everything instead of helping to make things better? I have and it wasn't lack of communication or openness.
It's an attitude I can't empathize with.