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A four-panel comic. The first panel shows an older man with a beard saying, ''Don't worry, you don't have to start from scratch.'' In the second panel, a younger person watches wide-eyed as the older says, ''You can re-use the software that the previous person on the project wrote several years ago.'' In the third panel, the younger person asks rapid-fire questions. They ask, '' Are there instructions for how to use. it'' The older man responds, ''No.'' The younger person asks, ''Is the code commented?'' The answer is ''Not likely.'' Lastly, the younger person asks, ''Where are the files?'' only for the older man to say, ''Who knows?'' The fourth panel ends with the younger man asking, ''This is going to be painful, isn't it?'' The older man replies, ''Just a scratch.''