Places where software is carrying a great deal of value tend to be more like that. That is, if mistakes can cost $20,000 / hour or so, then even the business wi

Places where software is carrying a great deal of value tend to be more like that. That is, if mistakes can cost $20,000 / hour or so, then even the business will back down on the push now vs. be sure it works debate. As always, the job of a paid software person is to merge what the product people want with what good software quality requires (and what power a future version will unleash). Implement valuable things in software in a way that makes the future of that software better and more powerful.