[scarface74]

You'd be very surprised then at how fast some people at companies bang out code with very little understanding of the problem, get it done fast, and look like heroes because it works. They then build up an expectation of getting things done fast because "time is money" and end up with a garbled mess of spaghetti code that functions.

And honestly, experience tells you when that's okay. If you work for a venture backed company where the owners and founders only goal is to get something up and running to convince investors to give them money or to survive long enough to go public (statistically unlikely) or to get acquired, the goal isn't to make good code that can be maintained long term. They don't care if the whole business is built on a house of cards that will fall as soon as they get acquired.

Too many employees drink the kool-aid and think the owners are interested in anything else except for an exit strategy.

"Great code" rarely gets someone promoted or recognized.