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by goblin89 4406 days ago
I guess it depends. A freelancer hired through oDesk by default has a clearly defined job and zero incentive to care about ‘nice and clean’.

Sometimes I just can't help thinking that the code I maintain has been optimized, foremost, for someone's job security—even when I know that the author is actually just of ‘get-shit-done’ type, and has been paid hourly.