[FridgeSeal]

Hmmm, not sure I buy the argument.

Most co-workers I’ve had would have _loved_ to fix the shortcuts and hacks that were done to meet deadlines, but were never given the time. “Refactor while you do new features” works sometimes, but doesn’t work on anything larger scale - e.g. if your overall architecture is collapsing under its own weight, it’s hard to “sneak in” the sort of major work you need to do to fix it.

[hinkley]

Oh there’s always a few of those, but then there’s the corner cutters who make more of the mess than everyone else, and few impostors who fade into the bushes when there’s a gap in the schedule.