Something seems badly off to me with the phrase "candidates who stumped 40 year veterans with elegant code". I don't want code that stumps anyone. I want code

Something seems badly off to me with the phrase "candidates who stumped 40 year veterans with elegant code". I don't want code that stumps anyone. I want code that delights 40-year veterans, for sure. But the signal of genuine elegance is "oh, that's a lovely way to do it" much more often than it's "how the hell does this work?".