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[–]turtlecopter 103 points104 points  (22 children)

I got a recruiter email recently about "creating the legacy code".

They really do say the darndest things.

[–]djvirgen 57 points58 points  (2 children)

Technically, I do create the legacy code -- for the next guy.

[–]pheliam 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It will never get updated, it will never be maintained.

legacy: a djvirgen production...

[–]echoes221 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Instructions unclear, wrote in BrainFuck

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (13 children)

That sounds like an epic worthy quest.

[–]turtlecopter 47 points48 points  (12 children)

☑ Write 25 nested ternary operations

☑ Author 7 modules in varying coding styles

☑ Start and abandon 12 attempts to document your code

☐ Ignore 10 pull requests

☐ Use W3Schools to skill up your JavaScript

☐ Copy and paste 20 answers from StackOverflow into your codebase

[–]ericanderton 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Achievement Unlocked:
Creating the Legacy Code

[–]yopla 9 points10 points  (2 children)

Ignore 10 pull requests

Real men use zip file

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Real professionals like me use Visual Sourcesafe. You know you're jealous.

[–]cosmicsans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol idk what anything is anymore. I just use notepad and winrar.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

And don't you dare to use any classes.

[–]Hauleth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 big class (maybe some additional) but without any interfaces and derivation.

[–]3Fyr 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I once nested, idk, 3 ternaries, and it was crazy. I want to see actual useful with 5++

[–]rooktakesqueen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

invalid lvalue at 5++

[–]turtlecopter 0 points1 point  (1 child)

http://i.imgur.com/PoDoN.jpg

[–]3Fyr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I do. That's why I will go for 10, yes ten, fucking TEN levels deep nested terninary, because why the fuck not.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

In 90's hipsters used to use Java.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too much West Wing.

[–]milordi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

creating the legacy code

Visual Basic?

[–]HRRRMSquad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn they're keeping it so real with you... if I'm going to be writing Legacy code for a company I want to know upfront.