In fact, my experience is that the "dude" would be the one more likely to quit over bracketing. Issues like that are simply boring to real programmers (which I

In fact, my experience is that the "dude" would be the one more likely to quit over bracketing. Issues like that are simply boring to real programmers (which I consider myself). A more valid reason for a real programmer to leave a company would be that they can't get anything done because people keep complaining about their bracketing. :-)