Sure, younger academics in modelling heavy subjects are much more aware of software engineering issues and newer code tends to be better. That being said, acade

Sure, younger academics in modelling heavy subjects are much more aware of software engineering issues and newer code tends to be better. That being said, academia is a world where you are competing with the smartest, most driven people in the world for a small set of available jobs. Anything that does not directly impact how likely you are to get those jobs simply will not be done consistently.