I did that early on. Then again, because the next place was the same. Then again, because the next place was the same. 10 places later, I finally realized they're all the same.
Huh? Like what specifically? All 4 cloud software places I’ve worked have had unit testing standards, cloud backups, even disaster recovery environments, etc. and none of these were mega corps. 50-1000 employees.
Parent said they visited 10 jobs that had no quality, I have 4 places that in practice try to have quality. So either they were hyperbolic, or has unrealistic standards, or bad luck, or bad job selection heuristics.
That's regrettable. Investing in reliability and redundancy is an optimization problem, resources are always limited, it's natural for there to be tension and I've grown accustomed to that. My experience has been varied, with some organizations investing more than others.
