[matthewrhoden1]

I couldn't agree more. Unless it's a startup, or the company produces "throw away" solutions. You're usually dropping in on a product where either the previous team was fired or it was boot-strapped by one guy who knew was he was doing, supported by 5 junior devs fresh out of college.

[vonmoltke]

Don't forget the oh-so-common "We've built our core library up over years of different products, so it's kind of a mess".