Rewrites are also sometimes very good for your career. A friend working at Google for about ~1.5 years said a new Sr. Director of Engineering joined and their first decision was to rewrite the project, and it would take 2 years.
So now the Director has job security for about 2 years, gets the big launch near a promotion cycle they have a small chance of being considered for promo, and gets to blame the predecessor for all the problems.
So now the Director has job security for about 2 years, gets the big launch near a promotion cycle they have a small chance of being considered for promo, and gets to blame the predecessor for all the problems.