Most real world problems don't have elegant solutions though. There might be an elegant concept behind the solution but usually the end implementation gets pret

Most real world problems don't have elegant solutions though. There might be an elegant concept behind the solution but usually the end implementation gets pretty dirty. The dirty stuff ends up being most of the work and is what counts for the most in the end product. Companies should be hiring on the ability to take care of the dirty tweaking and tuning. But this experience is something that can only be seen in past projects and that's too much work for a hiring manger to be bothered with.