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by SketchySeaBeast 1331 days ago
How long does it take them to be fully productive in the systems?
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About 6 months. That doesn’t mean they don’t instantly have a general idea of the quality of the codebase. The amount of WTF’s decreases significantly after the first 2 months (when they give up and accept that that is just how it is).