Being pressured to GOTO the dark-side

Question

We have a situation at work where developers working on a legacy (core) system are being pressured into using GOTO statements when adding new features into existing code tha

Answer 1

The reality of development is that despite all the flowery words about doing it the right way, most clients are more interested in doing it the fast way. The concept of a code base rapidly moving towards the point of imploding and the resulting fallout on their business is something that they cannot comprehend because that would mean having to think beyond today.

What you have is just one example. How you stand on this will dictate how you do development in the future. I think you have 4 options:

1. Accept the request and accept that you will always be doing this.

2. Accept the request, and immediately start looking for a new job.

3. Refuse to do and and be prepared to fight to fix the mess.

4. Resign.

Which option you choose is going to depend on how much you value your job and your self esteem.