1) corporate culture that dictates that you need to get the code out ASAP and let someone else worry about maintenance Unfortunately, three months from now, "s

1) corporate culture that dictates that you need to get the code out ASAP and let someone else worry about maintenance Unfortunately, three months from now, "someone else" is you, and "getting the code out ASAP" means figuring out the spaghetti code you wrote but no longer understand. In the long run, doing it right the first time helps us go faster. Therefore, it's part of the programmer's job to resist pressure to do it wrong.