The point is, if you need months to become familiar with a code base, something is seriously wrong.
These 'here is some generic pointless advice; got some useful advice? Leave it in the comments!' posts are social media posturing and lazy writing.
Certainly not everyone dives into different code bases every day / every week; but everyone does it sooner or later; and being immediately productive is hard. This article could have been an interesting collection of tips on how to do that... but the author couldn't be bothered researching the subject.
These 'here is some generic pointless advice; got some useful advice? Leave it in the comments!' posts are social media posturing and lazy writing.
Certainly not everyone dives into different code bases every day / every week; but everyone does it sooner or later; and being immediately productive is hard. This article could have been an interesting collection of tips on how to do that... but the author couldn't be bothered researching the subject.