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Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by ido on Sunday September 18, 2022 @07:03AM (#32886450)
And also starting by fixing the js/css/html front end is likely the safest, as it wont corrupt any customer data & it will be visible when something breaks. That can probably be the next best candidate to do a major overhaul. I'd also hope that a $20M/year project can afford to hire someone senior in addition to these 3 juniors?
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Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by ethbr0 on Sunday September 18, 2022 @09:14AM (#32887270)
> hope that a $20M/year project can afford to hire someone senior

Never underestimate the ability of management to look a gift horse in the mouth while shooting it in the foot.

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Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by denimnerd42 on Sunday September 18, 2022 @11:31AM (#32888373)
why would someone senior even want to join this team? Especially someone senior enough to fix this. The productivity is horrible and there's no kudos for fixing something that's lived for 12 years like this.
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Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by JoeAltmaier on Sunday September 18, 2022 @11:40AM (#32888441)
I was added to a team because, to quote the VP, "they're good but they need some adult supervision"

Mixing skill levels in a team is healthy.

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Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by marcosdumay on Sunday September 18, 2022 @12:44PM (#32889004)
> why would someone senior even want to join this team?

Well, money. Why would someone even want to join any team?

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Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by lolinder on Sunday September 18, 2022 @12:18PM (#32888762)
Theoretically a company that's making $20m/year on this can afford to make it worth someone's while to come in and fix it. The problem isn't finding someone who will do it, it's that the company assumes they can continue to get by indefinitely on paying too little.
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Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by majikandy on Sunday September 18, 2022 @06:13PM (#32891982)
For the love of refactoring.
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