That is the case no doubt in most organizations. And I can see their point if it works it works even if it may be very difficult to maintain it. But that should

That is the case no doubt in most organizations. And I can see their point if it works it works even if it may be very difficult to maintain it. But that should be a conscious decision, not a point of pride how complicated the code is to understand. Just because a person can write code that only they can understand does not mean they are more intelligent than others, nor that the quality of such code would be "good". :-)