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		amrocha 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career i... I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a developer who enjoys refactoring a messy, bug ridden code base. This is the reason why rewrites happen, nobody wants to touch the old code with a ten foot pole and it’s easier to just rewrite it all. So if you turn the entire job into that? I don’t think skilled people will be lining up to do it. Maybe consulting firms would take that on I guess.

aprilthird2021 10 months ago [–]

You can't just rewrite all of some of the most profitable software systems out there. Banks, HFTs, FAANG, these cannot just be rewritten

amrocha 10 months ago | [–]

Sure, that’s why they pay a lot and hire quality engineers to maintain their codebases. And wouldn’t be ok with AI slop.

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