Success built on a shortcut always has a crack right where the shortcut was.

Skipped steps do not disappear, they wait. The part you did not learn, the check you did not run, the person you did not tell becomes the exact place the structure fails later, usually under load. That is not punishment, it is the missing piece showing up where it was missing.

When you are tempted to skip something, ask what it would cost to fix at ten times the current scale. If you already took the shortcut, go back and do the step now while it is still cheap. Quiet repair work beats waiting to see if anyone notices.