I was offered a job and the final "interview" after they gave me an offer, they explained in detail how their app worked. It was an old PHP app and the code looked like a horror movie.
Ah yes, the surprise legacy skeletons in the closet. I am curious -- would you have accepted if the salary was higher than necessary, or if the social environment/work life balance (or any other benefits for that matter) were subjectively better than from other potential employers?
I would have accepted if the salary was higher. What they offered was higher than what I'm making now, but if they went even a lot higher I would have justified suffering through that pile of...