It doesn't look like this will be a popular opinion but I think this attitude is totally unprofessional.
Coders and managers should be working together to reach the same goals. They should trust one another. If a manager walks into your office and tells you he has an important presentation in 20 minutes, a critical feature was missing from the spec, I think the professional thing to do is whatever it takes for that important presentation to be a success.
Why would you be ashamed if doing some dirty tricks in the code if the result is a big new client? You should be proud you were able save the day.
This attitude reeks of "not my problem" syndrome where programmers only care about the quality of the code and not the overall success of the business.
Make the hack, save the day, then go back and clean up after.
Coders and managers should be working together to reach the same goals. They should trust one another. If a manager walks into your office and tells you he has an important presentation in 20 minutes, a critical feature was missing from the spec, I think the professional thing to do is whatever it takes for that important presentation to be a success.
Why would you be ashamed if doing some dirty tricks in the code if the result is a big new client? You should be proud you were able save the day.
This attitude reeks of "not my problem" syndrome where programmers only care about the quality of the code and not the overall success of the business.
Make the hack, save the day, then go back and clean up after.