I think that this is horrible advice for someone new. But if you've been around for a while, and understand that what you're doing is a hack because you need to

I think that this is horrible advice for someone new. But if you've been around for a while, and understand that what you're doing is a hack because you need to get a product released, it's more acceptable. It's a case of making sure that you know you're doing the wrong thing, vs just assuming that it's the right thing. The latter causes all code to be bad, and the poor code never gets fixed.