1 and 2 is the actual answer for any BigCo that I’ve been involved with. It’s quite simple: does fixing the bug affect the money firehose in the short or medium

1 and 2 is the actual answer for any BigCo that I’ve been involved with. It’s quite simple: does fixing the bug affect the money firehose in the short or medium term? If so, fix it. If not, go work on things that involve widening the firehose of money. 3 is sometimes given lip service, but ultimately the only way 3 ever gets done is if someone in upper management pretends to care that 3 is important. Which is pretty rare 4 also happens but everyone thinks they are skunkworks engineer even when they are not