As someone who has seen shit code shoveled into the fire repeatedly, this is precisely the reasoning. Make money faster is the only reason a company needs to throw quality out the window. Even though accumulating tech debt like that will likely slow them down.
> accumulating tech debt like that will likely slow them down
Which I believe is not taken into account in the performance evaluations. How could you blame an employee for consequences that will happen in 2 years, when the employee has already been promoted for their good short-term results?
