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This is very domain specific. OP said it is not the norm to do publish code in his field. I have a PhD and in my field it is the same. So much so that I can't think of any paper in my field that has code published. Therefore, a paper with no code would not be at a disadvantage.

Personally, it is a pet peeve I have about my field. But there is no incentive for a new researcher to publish code as it decreases barriers to entry. As much as it's nice to say that researching in academia is about progressing science, as a researcher, you are your own startup trying to make it (i.e., get tenure).