[anonymousdev]

Well this is the state of the industry. There certainly are companies with well-written, well-documented, well-tested code but they don't hire because they don't need to. Their code is easy to change and maintain, so why pay more people? This is all most project managers know - absolutely never improve the process or the tools, just throw more people at the problem, so that's why you were there.

[joeq]

Considering leaving the industry because of this. Which is a shame because I really do care about good software.

[GFischer]

Don't (unless you really don't like writing software).

The answer I've come up with is either become a project manager (not working out so far, nobody wants to hire a PM without PM experience here, no matter the certifications), or start your own company (which might be the right answer in your case).

To be honest, I think both documentation and test cases are overrated, I do believe in lots of user testing and feedback, which is the most important thing (and that's why I believe any methodology that encourages frequent user feedback is a good thing).

What I'm writing about applies for the usual business or customer facing apps, I don't know about other fields (maybe for scientifical or medical or whatever apps it's a whole different story).