This is true for a lot of low-brow work because companies simply need people to grind through requirements for their bespoke CRUD apps and integrations. There's

This is true for a lot of low-brow work because companies simply need people to grind through requirements for their bespoke CRUD apps and integrations. There's still a boat load of that kind of work to be done, but it's only a fraction of the work available. There are plenty of places where that negative pressure exists though and there's higher standards of quality. I doubt anyone is skating by with hacky code in aviation or space, for instance. So what you're talking about isn't really an issue where it matters.