Yeah I've learned this the hard way as being one of those people to "sort it all out". I now make a point of reviewing a company's codebase before joining. I refuse to join a startup with a shitty codebase that falls apart after to touching it once.
Interesting. Are you a consultant/contractor or do you typically work as an employee? I can't imagine a company would just open up their code base to someone (even under NDA) unless they were fairly desperate.
