[quickthrower2]

Unless being life support if what you want to be known for: the superhero that can work with shitty code bases and get results while improving them. Guess what most software company have: plenty of shitty but mission critical code!

[legerdemain]

There's nothing as uniquely shitty as getting placed on a floundering project, being told it can't be allowed to fail, and then getting absolutely no staff or resources to prevent that from happening.