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Re:Ask HN: I love programming but hate the industry. Can any... by jinto36 on Monday July 18, 2022 @09:44AM (#32138293)
Also, if they have an existing solution that they're looking for someone to maintain/port/update- it's more likely to be some cobbled together spaghetti monster without any documentation.
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Re:Ask HN: I love programming but hate the industry. Can any... by pc86 on Monday July 18, 2022 @10:50AM (#32139055)
Whether it's a mess or not depends entirely upon the skill of the people that built it and the constraints they were under while building.

There is no shortage of anecdata on HN and elsewhere of people being shocked at the poor quality of the code base at FAANG and other high level prestigious companies.

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