I'm convinced that most management either 1) does not understand the time value of money 2) does not care about the time value of money There is no value plac

I'm convinced that most management either 1) does not understand the time value of money 2) does not care about the time value of money There is no value placed on the reduction of future expenses- for example, not needing to train another new guy when a senior person leaves, or having a simpler, more reasonable codebase that is harder to introduce bugs into. I think this is because people (both minions and management) switch teams or jobs too quickly for these savings to become apparent, and therefore there is zero incentive to do things right. It's monkey-patch some crap together, keep it running at the absolute bare minimum, and get promoted and someone else has to deal with the problem.