The post and most of the comments feel kind of naive. Yes, these things are frustrating, but it’s your job. That’s what you’re paid to do. Nobody cares if you s

The post and most of the comments feel kind of naive. Yes, these things are frustrating, but it’s your job. That’s what you’re paid to do. Nobody cares if you ship a hack if it “works”. Every single legacy project I’ve seen that earns actual money is full of hacks like that - it’s just the way it is, and a senior engineer should know how to work with that, how to communicate what really needs to be done and why it’s important. That involves dealing with management that doesn’t speak your language - learn how to do that too.