"We’re not paid to write code, we’re paid to add value (or reduce cost) to the business"

I'm curious to know how many companies Brian has worked for as a software engineer. The majority of the places where I've worked just want you to code. They don't really care about adding value and just want the job done as quickly as possible so customers aren't upset (usually because the sales team promised a feature that should take 2 months in 2 weeks).

It's the main reason I quit and started my own company. I was tired of getting into battles with management over the well-being of their own code base and I was tried of being forced to write terrible and hacky code.