alt Hacker NewsBut if you don’t blame them it can also backfire. I inherited a bad codebase once and tried my best to improve it. But there was only so much time. When I left the guy after me blamed me for the still bad parts immediately.
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ipaddr • 05/14/2025
He would blamed your new code if you rewrote. People who blame are juniors. You are not really a senior if you blame.
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Ah that reminds me of a classic Dilbert comic, The code mocking
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/195lc8/whe...
(Reddit, because Dilberts creator and his website have gone off the rails)