[sauronlord]

"..hope I don't get fired for underperforming?..."

What kind of passive language and thinking is that?

Everything is legacy once it is written.

Imagine you, the trailblazer, only having to write new code and not having to maintain the crap you wrote.

The actual problem here is your attitude and way of seeing things. Legacy? Sucks?

Fucking write a better version and show some initiative instead of just hoping of being granted the opportunity to work on "new shit".

Millenials these days.

[dkarapetyan]

Was with you until you got a little too aggressive. There is a better way to say what you're saying.

[sauronlord]

Aggressive perhaps. More effective? Maybe

[throwawaysbdi]

I wasn't hired to work with old junk. if I would have known I never would have taken the job. I also don't have enough money to walk away or risk standing up to management.

The code isn't just old, it's very badly written and has zero documentation.

[sauronlord]

"The code isn't just old, it's very badly written and has zero documentation"

- Says everyone

Now you learned 2 valuable lessons:

- There's a lot of shitty code that you sometimes have to deal with

- Never put yourself into a state of dependency on a single income source, unless you wish to have the emotions you are feeling now

[taylodl]

And I'll add: strive to never create such code yourself. You are 100% correct that everyone says old code is badly written and has zero documentation. So is the code we're writing today. Once you realize that you'll have become enlightened and will be a better programmer for the rest of your years.