> But given the choice between a developer who communicates clearly in code and knows it and one who either needs or believes he needs comments I'll choose the

> But given the choice between a developer who communicates clearly in code and knows it and one who either needs or believes he needs comments I'll choose the first. This really just reads to me like you're selecting for hubris over humility, which is not likely to get good results over the long term. Give me a coder who doubts his code any day, over someone overconfident.