It's kind of sad when you realize that a lot of the code you write will eventually be rewritten or lapse out of use, or be replaced by something better.
It's very hard to find truly "lasting" work in this world. Maybe research?
It's funny, I actually get sadder when I find out code I wrote a long time ago is still in use. The deployment tool I wrote for reddit ended up lasting six or seven years. Some of the stuff I wrote at eBay is still in use today.
We don't pine for bridges that need to be torn down every few years.
Even if your code shows you were less competent, it worked (hopefully)! A lesson was still learned.
yep. try using the websites you've built as a resume
even worse when all people look at is the UX and if you'r enot a UX person how to even show how goo dyour code is, how maintainable it is etc.
I realised this to me detriment when my last employment came to a natural conclusion. I have no degree and suddenly no portfolio of active production code - all I had was one reference from a guy I built a website for which now doesn't look very good since the new guy butchered it.
I invested in becoming a certified Autocad Operator instead and never looked back.