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Agree with all of this.

I don't work at a small company but refactoring and especially rewriting code is difficult and error prone. It's a crazy thought but in many cases, it can be better to just leave the legacy code alone. It's all about ROI of your time and the opportunity cost of what you're working on.

If you're going to be making lots of changes to a specific part of the code base, then it very well may make sense to invest in improving it so r hat you can move faster after. But if the code isnt going to be modified much, it may be better to just get in, make the changes you need, and get out.

As a mid level developer, nobody is expecting you to come in and rebuilt the thing immediately. Focus on learning it well first.