How to justify to your colleagues that they produce crappy code?

Question

I am finding somewhat difficult to carry on working in my current job.

The codebase has become a bit wild lately (but definitely not the worse I\'ve seen), and I\'m havi

Answer 1

Show them their own forgotten code disguised as yours for critique.

• Take an old piece of their code they have forgotten about
• Pretend you wrote it
• Ask them to figure out something with it
• Make sure they point out how bad the code is for whatever reason
• Add your own items. Brainstorm what should be done since it's your fault.
• Let them know you didn't know how to bring it up to offend them, but it's their code.

If they recall that they wrote it, they might catch on..