> even though very technical people know that the quality of low level code can vary dramatically, this often isn't reflected in the success of the business I

> even though very technical people know that the quality of low level code can vary dramatically, this often isn't reflected in the success of the business I would rephrase that as the quality of low level code is not often recognized as having a huge impact on the success of the business but when low level code goes wrong it can have very costly negative effects which ripple up through the company. The usual manifestation is a buggy product with many layers of hacked together bloat. Low level code often does not get the attention it deserves because the higher ups don't understand it.