[palidanx]

When starting an mvp, you are bleeding (usually) bootstrapped cash. In that scenario the priority is really to get the product out the door, and some stable revenue stream. Testing is often put the wayside just to survive.

In an ideal software development scenario where you have a budget, then yes, testing should be there in the beginning.

But if it is a start-up, I'm tempted to give slack for the lack of a framework. And it seems like if you come in, you might be the person to lead the testing framework which would be a good thing.