Productivity is not the sole measure of competency, nor necessarily even a very good one. Productivity suffers when time is spent making software robust, secure

Productivity is not the sole measure of competency, nor necessarily even a very good one. Productivity suffers when time is spent making software robust, secure, and performant, and the reverse is obviously also true. Likewise, short term productivity sometimes suffers when effort is spent to ensure long term productivity. Again the reverse also holds true. The problem is that short term productivity is often the only measure of competency that is immediately visible. Nobody gets recognized for the problems they don't cause.