I'd say good code is as easy to understand as possible (note, not always easy to understand as not every domain lends itself to that). The part about attractin

I'd say good code is as easy to understand as possible (note, not always easy to understand as not every domain lends itself to that). The part about attracting other world class developers helps with this as everyone will be on the same page. > Stories like this: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/we-fired-our-top-talent-best.. https://medium.freecodecamp.org/we-fired-our-top-talent-best.... are all too common. Maybe for some people but I've never had issue with it. Managing top talent is definitely its own skill though. One of the challenges is integrating them into the team and not having other people upset when they get high profile projects. It's not trivial but it is doable and in my experience, well worth it.