It is definitely not lack of experience. Some of the best coders I've known have been hardcore low level EE guys. The issue is organizational priorities and ava

It is definitely not lack of experience. Some of the best coders I've known have been hardcore low level EE guys. The issue is organizational priorities and available bandwidth. As soon as the product ships the core people are moved to the next project. Maintenance is done by a few guys whose job it is not to break anything. If there is something they can't fix, it goes back to the core guys who are already busy working on the new project and can only dedicate so much time to addressing this issue.