Some of our code is of high quality. Other can be of any quality as it'll never need to be altered in it's lifecycle. If we have 20000 financial reports which needs to be uploaded once, and then it'll never happen again, it really doesn't matter how terrible the code is as long as it only uses vetted external dependencies. The only reason you'd even use developer time on that task is because it's less errorprone than having student interns do it manually... I mean, I wish I could tell you it was to save them from a terrible task, but it'll solely be because of money.

If it's firmware for a solar inverter in Poland, then quality matters.