> To a project manager, the programmer who hits every deadline (regardless of quality) is a good programmer.
Obviously not true, unless your project manager is a complete idiot.
Obviously not true, unless your project manager is a complete idiot.
If the estimated time aligns with what they want, then you're fine. But that's rarely the case and when things slip the code cleanup is pushed to the back burner.
And a programmer is not always in charge of his estimates. He may have to arrive at it together with his team lead who is under pressure from 2-3 project managers, thus only the minimal reasonable time will be allocated, without concern for architecture changes or refactoring.