>It is a software engineer’s job to build quality software.
I think that most software engineers' jobs is not to build quality software, it is to make money. When you are trying to make money, the goal is not necessarily to make the best quality software that you can. Often, it is to make acceptably good software as soon as possible. A company that writes software that is half as good and ships it twice as fast might outcompete a company that writes software that is twice as good and ships it half as fast. I sometimes wish that my job was to build the best quality software that I can, but that is not the case. What I really get paid for is to make my employers' company successful, to make them money. And it's not that my employers don't care about making high quality software, it is just that if they cared about it too much they might get outcompeted by others who care less about it.
I think that most software engineers' jobs is not to build quality software, it is to make money. When you are trying to make money, the goal is not necessarily to make the best quality software that you can. Often, it is to make acceptably good software as soon as possible. A company that writes software that is half as good and ships it twice as fast might outcompete a company that writes software that is twice as good and ships it half as fast. I sometimes wish that my job was to build the best quality software that I can, but that is not the case. What I really get paid for is to make my employers' company successful, to make them money. And it's not that my employers don't care about making high quality software, it is just that if they cared about it too much they might get outcompeted by others who care less about it.