Comment by upofadown
10 hours ago
I actually got a job for deleting code. I was fixing a problem on a contract and noticed that I could fix the problem by getting rid of the section that contained the problem. The functionality could be provided in a much simpler way. Later the company created a position and I was given first refusal before they interviewed anyone.
It was a 8 bit embedded application in something like 10k of code. When I left I generated a short and clear explanation of why what I had done was awesome in terms of their future business ... because that is what you have to do if you work contracts. Which is the real message of the article. You have to write things up.
That sounds like good work & a good outcome. I think there may be one ingredient left though to this:
> You have to write things up.
...and someone has to read it who understands the value you brought by deleting complexity.