> Mixed in with this may also be architectural decisions based from a "let's just spin something up quickly" mentality

That, plus "they're probably going to fire us in a year anyway, who cares" thinking

And "we don't need to understand the business domain, let's just MVP", which they get away with because they would get accused of not being agile if they did boring stuff like trying to understand the business

I refer more to bigger off shore consultancy shops than individual freelancers