"Code quality" encompasses a lot of dimensions, one of which is impressing your colleagues, and many of which there's virtually no reason to care about now.
replyOn the contrary, it's more important than ever. With ever more code being generated, it's essential that the code be understandable and maintainable - by human and machine.
replyAnd quality is the new differentiator when everyone can generate slop.
replyNobody cares about code quality /s
replyThey only care about the things which you can only get with good code quality like reliability and speed of development.
Right, and to the extent that your coding practices contribute to reliability and speed of development, they are "of quality."
replyNow do the same exercise for "impressiveness" and "crassness."
Here, I'll do it for you:
> Nobody cares about code quality /s
> They only care about the things which you can only get with good code quality like impressiveness and lack of crassness.
Sounds silly doesn't it?