I prefer working with idiomatic code. On the other hand, we hired a guy who didn't write idiomatic code but who was a brilliant engineer in general and he was o

I prefer working with idiomatic code. On the other hand, we hired a guy who didn't write idiomatic code but who was a brilliant engineer in general and he was overall a great hire even if I had to bring him up to speed on a couple style points. Overall, I found his general engineering chops dramatically outweighed the minor annoyance of tidying up style foibles.