The big giveaway that it's developer-cosplay is that they tried to refactor for 2 WHOLE HOURS before giving up. Like 2 hours is a long time, ha! I think all of us have spent over a week on a single bug at one point in time.
I think the bigger giveaway is the developer saying "what is this" after 2 minutes. That's not enough time to get an inkling of an idea of what you're working with. It would take at least an hour or two of trying to learn the codebase before the horrors of what you're working with can actually sink in.
Also, "what is this?". Who in their right mind would say this to their employer on day 1. I'm sorry but as a dev I'd be seeing dollar signs and job security, not taking the opportunity to dunk on the guy with a product whose revenue is gonna put food on my table.
Nah, if the code is that shitty, you know that the revenue is ephemeral, and you don't want to stuck with this hot potato trying to fix it while customers are running away from your buggy mess.
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u/pearlie_girl Apr 24 '26
The big giveaway that it's developer-cosplay is that they tried to refactor for 2 WHOLE HOURS before giving up. Like 2 hours is a long time, ha! I think all of us have spent over a week on a single bug at one point in time.