What you described reflects that corporate structure and might be industry wide. They look at code as only valuable in the monetary return it makes. They might

What you described reflects that corporate structure and might be industry wide. They look at code as only valuable in the monetary return it makes. They might even consider it a cost center. That will always be a less than pleasant place to work in an organization. So find places and maybe start at industries that consider their code an asset or profit center. It’s ultimately just a valuation perspective, but understand to a business everything has a market context or business case. It’s can be infuriating, but better to know the system than blindly suffer through it.