There is often a trade-off between gettings things done in the short term and gettings things done in the long term. All other things being equal (of course the

There is often a trade-off between gettings things done in the short term and gettings things done in the long term. All other things being equal (of course they never are...) you'll likely have a much harder time getting things done in the longer term if you pay less attention to code quality. This is of course exactly the notion of technical debt, and how the debt can compound (that is, you will struggle to get things done more and more the longer you leave your debt unpaid).