The Best CF Recruitment Tool Isn't LinkedIn. It's Your Codebase
Let's say the perfect CF developer job exists. It offers fair pay, flexible hours, and fun work. Let's say that job is snagged by an ideal candidate. All seems alright.
Then they see the codebase and lack of improvement roadmap. Their eyes go wide like Gollum's. And poof, they're gone. All the pay in the world won't bring them back.
An old CF app tells a story. Tidy folders, useful comments, tests, source control, and clear steps all say, "People care." A jungle of copied code, mystery files, and manual steps says, "Fly, you fools!"
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Developers are interviewing your app
Good developers know old apps come with baggage. No one expects a 15-year-old CF app to look brand new. But they do want to see that your team can make it better.
Think about two CF jobs with the same pay. The first app has source control, a working local setup, code reviews, basic tests, useful docs, and a plan for old code.
The second has a shared drive called “final_final2,” a production password known only by Steve, and a deployment process that begins with “Okay, whatever you do…”
Which fellowship would you join?
Messy code makes the job harder to sell
Messy CF code makes life harder for a new developer. Before they can fix real problems, they have to work out how the old code works. They need to find hidden links and learn which parts are safe to change.
That can turn a small ticket into a rough trip through Moria.
And the problems don't stop there. Training takes longer. Work is harder to plan. Releases have more risk. Senior developers spend more time explaining why the code works this way.
A new hire may start to wonder: Will I spend my time building new things? Or will I spend it digging through old code?
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