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Engineers do get promoted for writing simple code
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this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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Surprised he got as far as he did. Every line of code that touches production should be reviewed.
If it's shit, fail it until it ain't. To allow that shows a distinct lack of technical leadership.
You've since shown far more and that should build trust. Never trust contractors without verification.
It was a long time ago when code reviews were not yet standard practice everywhere. He was also protected by one of the few customer's employees in the team, who was almost universally hated, because they bonded over some controversial political views.
Yeah nowadays this code would never make it past a PR.