For more context I believe this is the article the quote is from: https://m-cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/11/240379-the-benefits-of-indolence/fulltext https://m-c

For more context I believe this is the article the quote is from: https://m-cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/11/240379-the-benefits-of-indolence/fulltext https://m-cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/11/240379-the-benefits... At my company, Zerocracy, we practice a #NoAltruism policy. We, quite literally, think only about ourselves and our personal profit. This might sound a bit harsh. Isn't it better to play nice and try to appease your clients? In an ideal world, maybe. But here's what we have learned about clients: they also practice #NoAltruism. Clients want to keep costs low, and if they can, they will pass costs onto outside companies. That's why we decided to "get lazy" and only do what we are paid to do. We won't go out of our way to improve a project, refactor, or fix code unless we are getting paid for it.