Pretty much this, there have been times in my career when I was prepared to do everything the right way, but deadlines and unrealistic expectations from people who don't even know what JavaScript is forced my hand, so the product was less pretty internally but still functioning.
For most people software engineering is about driving results, not making everything beautiful under the hood. Although it's nice to do that when you have time.
For most people software engineering is about driving results, not making everything beautiful under the hood. Although it's nice to do that when you have time.