Code efficiency and even quality has dropped, as most things, to the bottom level...I won't restated the thousands of reasons here.
I've been coding since 1971. My programs go live, and only come back if someone wants to add or change them.
I learned long ago not to let a manger see code that looked 'complete' but lacked error-handling.
Now there are stupid things like date fields which require/prohibit formating--when a simple routine could make the matter moot.
Code lasts decades longer than we ever thought it would....
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