Best of 2025: Too Many Red Flags

A junior developer's first job experience reveals multiple warning signs: a company that fired 50% of its workforce, a UI button that calls System.gc() as a "fix" for bugs, a spaghetti codebase with 7-year-old bugs, and inconsistent feature implementations where every developer reinvented the wheel differently. The story illustrates how ignoring red flags during interviews and onboarding can lead to working in dysfunctional development environments.