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Speaking as a web developer I can tell you the days of my "bad" code lasted all of one year as I was learning.

After that, the bad behavoir this article describes that I happened to code is crap I didn't want to do but was forced to in order to satisfy a clients desires.

Most of the horrible decisions that occur in software development are not the fault of a developer - look to their managers or clients for blame. In my case at least I argue quite voraciously to adhere to standards. I almost never win.



Yes, but there are lots of new developers and not all of them learn as fast as you do. Their managers are always looking at a way to cut cost and the easiest way to do that is to hire cheap, inexperienced people and then train them on the job.




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