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You mean: Someone who used to be with the organization knows, but they were let go three generations ago when the management fired the developers to move development to India, then fired that outsourcing organization to move development to China, then fired the China team and brought you in as a temp.

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Then you assume the source code is the spec. If you are brought on as a temp even better. You’re probably being paid either as a 1099 or W2 contractor and thus are billing by the hour. You get paid for trying to disentangle the mess.

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