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> Doing things the right, robust way regularly takes more time and effort than doing it the quick and dirty way, which means your lazy coworker gets the management attention and raise instead of you.

Not if you make a habit of it. If you do, the right way feels like the only way and comes quite fluidly. Meanwhile, the lack of PR bickering and regressions that point back to you does actually become apparent to your colleagues. Your work is not only quick, but good, and people notice both.

This is something that’s not apparent early in one’s career and the temptation to take shortcuts does have short-term payoffs during that phase. But if you stick to doing good work, you come out way ahead later on.