You could gain experience from that.

True, as long as the application design and technology is still relevant. I personally think anyone writing an application of significant size should have some experience maintaining such an application. Gives a sense of why and how to write code for maintainability.

I like this "Good developer will never feel his code is good enough, and will always continue to clean and fix."

I have modeled this article after some great developers I've always wanted to learn from, this is how they've treated their work.

Who are they, if you don't mind me asking?

It's not just one person, it's a collective set of characteristics of all the good developers I've worked with at Totango, GigaSpaces, Mercury and other places I've worked over the years.

I use them. They are good.

Thanks. I was a victim.

Very nice.

Thank you all. It works.