What Actually Happened
Spent first two days tracing existing code, day three wrote new code
What I wish I knew
"Codebases are 70% of the job, not writing new code"
Advice to Someone Facing This Now
If I could tell you one thing
"Practice reading existing code, not just writing new code"
Regret Score
8/10
High, persistent regret.
Has not decreased significantly with time.
Has not decreased significantly with time.
Career Category Average
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Impact
-
Financial and Psychosocial impact distributions for this subset.
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