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by pjmlp 2965 days ago
Consulting.

Yes, the code might look horrible in many cases, but at the end of the day most business don't care 1 second about software that isn't what they are good at, they are good at doing other stuff.

So if the software keeps their business running, while improving whatever business case they wanted changed, that is what matters above all.

Working software beats beautiful code that failed to meet deadlines.