> only exist to rapidly support the above Er, they also exist to support the quality of life of the engineer. Suppose your company asks you to spend 6 months

> only exist to rapidly support the above Er, they also exist to support the quality of life of the engineer. Suppose your company asks you to spend 6 months writing PHP in an untestable codebase. And you know that you need to have testable code in order to make progress in a codebase. It is better for you to stay off that project, even if it theoretically would make massive revenue gains for the company. Why? Because if the company's revenue doesn't matter to you when annual review time rolls around and you get fired because you didn't accomplish much in the past 6 months. So yes, you should care about business goals, but only insofar as they support the stability of your family life.