It has been this way for 10 years and predates me working there. The pace of development remains unchanged as far as I can tell over the time I've worked there,

It has been this way for 10 years and predates me working there. The pace of development remains unchanged as far as I can tell over the time I've worked there, regardless of whom left and was hired. I was pointing this out not to say it was a good thing but rather that the premise of [Quality == Speed] is flawed.