Fair enough. So the real lesson then is 'it depends', as with everything else. But the kind of jobs where the cleanup crews get called in are on the verge of hopeless and it is not rare that we do these on a 'no-cure, no pay' basis.
Great to see you be part of such a long lived team, that's a rarity these days. That's got to be a fantastic company to work for. Usually even relatively modest turnover (say 15% per year) is enough to effectively replace all the original players within a couple of years, most software projects long outlive their creators presence at the companies they were founded in. Add in some acquisitions or spin-outs and it gets to the point where nobody even knows who wrote the software to begin with.
Great to see you be part of such a long lived team, that's a rarity these days. That's got to be a fantastic company to work for. Usually even relatively modest turnover (say 15% per year) is enough to effectively replace all the original players within a couple of years, most software projects long outlive their creators presence at the companies they were founded in. Add in some acquisitions or spin-outs and it gets to the point where nobody even knows who wrote the software to begin with.