A better way to put this is, in general, refactoring code to make it healthier, or improving product excellence by fixing some long running bugs, does not get t

A better way to put this is, in general, refactoring code to make it healthier, or improving product excellence by fixing some long running bugs, does not get the same visibility as launching something. However, to be fair, I haven't been at many companies where "cleaned up code base with large scale refactor and improved documentation" gets you noticed. It's just not as sexy as a customer facing launch.