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A boss who tells you to crank something out in a hour won't remember (or care) about that detail in 6 months when you need to tweak that code. It'll just be your fault for writing bad code. Some clients do this kind of thing as well. They ask for a Cadillac, but can only afford the economy version. But - at the end of the project they'll still be expecting all of the Cadillac features and everybody will forget.

I can sympathize about bosses who are angry that things don't get done quickly enough, but there has to be a balance. If I was continually running into this I'd probably look for a new job where quality was encouraged.




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