> The beauty of our creations, however, is not judged solely by the elegance of our algorithms or the efficiency of our code, but by the joy and ease with which

> The beauty of our creations, however, is not judged solely by the elegance of our algorithms or the efficiency of our code, but by the joy and ease with which others can build upon our work. Often this is not true. Our creations are judged by the user. They don't care how good it is under the hood. They care that it works correctly, that it's easy to use and that it's as fast as they need it to be. Your boss should care that it's well written because that should mean it's cheaper to maintain. But, they don't look that far into the future when evaluating your performance. So, often they only care about how fast you did it and how happy the customer is with it. Our industries incentives don't often align with good code.