[inetknght]

> the code I write "should be understandable by a kid fresh out of high school"

tl;dr: "you're going to be replaced by a kid fresh out of high school so you might as well make it easier on us to do it"

[logfromblammo]

Not quite. I was probably actually replaced by someone fresh out of college, who failed to learn anything during that 5 years. I am 99% certain the contract requirement mandated bachelor's degrees (and in a relevant field) for all software developers.