As management, (in an WAY different field...) it's not that Managers don't care, it's that they're not developers, and they're worried about staying on deadline, and staying in the black. It's using the people you manage to get goals accomplished, and keeping people motivated and enthused, although the motivation part most management just totally messes up with...

Believe me no matter what position I've held I've always wanted high quality, but money comes into it. You know the triangle, good, fast, cheap, you can pick two.


But the faster you go to market with a product the more momentum you can have, the cold hard mart of competitive commerce is what drives the shareholders, which is what directs the directors, who appoint the department heads, who yell at the managers.


So where /does/ the buck really stop?