I was being sarcastic by the way.

Anyone with a shred of humility and critical thinking skills should realize that cutting corners to chase short term profit is being "penny wise, pound foolish".

For the well-connected, that doesn't seem to be necessary to fail upwards into leadership positions, unfortunately. Even ignoring the glaring orange example, there are people like John Riccitiello who managed to skull-fuck the reputations of both EA and Unity and still walk away with a new job lined up.