You will like this presentation by Jonathan Blow [1], I feel the same. I am in grad school, but since my bachelor, I felt more like a craftsman than a student, I always spend more time in order to make my code 'look' beautiful to me, and be performant. I would like to work somewhere that puts emphasis on writing good software instead of chasing feature after feature. Speaking of which, speed is an oft ignored feature [2]. It is really frustrating to have sluggish apps and I often end up avoiding them altogether.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLko

[2] https://www.enchant.com/speed-is-a-feature