'leiavoia' said:

I was in a similar situation and i did improved the… well, no, i completely scrapped the old code and started over from scratch. The old code was TheDailyWTF worthy. The new code was much much better. Doing everything from scratch was hard

Eeew, doing from scratch is a horrible plan. Then the next guy comes along and doesn't like your code, and decides to rewrite from scratch… meanwhile your competitors have shipped 2 new versions of their software based on "terrible" code and you are losing business.

He he. Actually, in our case it was virtually the only option. Let me say it like this: The previous "programmer" was using a separate database table for each user account... there were 10,000 tables... Do i need to go on? :-)

I'd talk with the people who hired you about how you are feeling about the differences between what you thought the job was and compared to what the reality of it appears to be. Open communication goes a long way.

I'd talk with the people who hired you about how you are feeling about the differences between what you thought the job was and compared to what the reality of it appears to be. Open communication goes a long way.

Assuming that is desirable.

Management can always pull the troublemaker card. He does want to be a team player, right? And putting one's own interests in front of the project is not very team-like. As for leaving - nobody wants to leave with a mark of "refused to do the job" and "not a team player".

It's very easy to twist someone into submission.

Assuming that is desirable.

Management can always pull the troublemaker card. He does want to be a team player, right? And putting one's own interests in front of the project is not very team-like. As for leaving - nobody wants to leave with a mark of "refused to do the job" and "not a team player".

It's very easy to twist someone into submission.

If that 'card' was pulled then I'd immediately start looking for a new job. The OP was hired for a reason. If there is a conflict of interests then that needs to be known right off the bat. If the management doesn't give a rat's ass, then says a heck of a lot about the company.

'zer0wolf' said:

I'd talk with the people who hired you about how you are feeling about the differences between what you thought the job was and compared to what the reality of it appears to be. Open communication goes a long way.

Assuming that is desirable.

Management can always pull the troublemaker card. He does want to be a team player, right? And putting one's own interests in front of the project is not very team-like. As for leaving - nobody wants to leave with a mark of "refused to do the job" and "not a team player".

It's very easy to twist someone into submission.

He's a new hire with less than a week on the job.

It is highly unlikely that "management" would go through the trouble and expense of hiring a new lead for an existing team and then intentionally set them up for failure.

Communication is important. It is one of the many necessary skills to become a leader.

'Oluseyi' said:

Also look into whether you can return to your old job.

That's an interesting suggestion. I do wonder though, has anyone here ever managed to pull that off?

I managed to do this 18 months after I left the company when I got so fed up with my 'new' company that they didn't take my opinion's seriously because of my age and were still using antiquated technology (VB6!!)

'Tachikoma' said:

'Oluseyi' said:

Also look into whether you can return to your old job.

That's an interesting suggestion. I do wonder though, has anyone here ever managed to pull that off?

I managed to do this 18 months after I left the company when I got so fed up with my 'new' company that they didn't take my opinion's seriously because of my age and were still using antiquated technology (VB6!!)

18 months is certainly a long enough time that the damage of leaving has healed. If you boomerang back in a few days or weeks, it is very different than getting re-hired 12+ months later.

And thankfully I left on good terms so the new (old) company welcomed me back with open arms. It's best to burn as few bridges as possible when you leave a company, never know when they might be required later in life.

Anyway, can the OP give an update now it's been a bit longer?