lessons learned

i don't know if my world-view is informed by my experience working with software or if it's the other way around, but the following i know to be true:

1. never do things just because that's the way they've always been done.

2. always leaves things in a better state than when you found / inherited them.

3. if things seem complicated, or they're not documented in an easy-to-read format, or nobody's willing to explain them to you... you're being fucked.