> they (somewhat egoistically) go their own way, That's not necessarily all ego talking. If you have a task to accomplish and you're going to need to spend a

> they (somewhat egoistically) go their own way, That's not necessarily all ego talking. If you have a task to accomplish and you're going to need to spend a week looking at it just to get a handle on how to start getting it done the simplest overall way possible, your boss is just going to insist you do it the "quick and dirty" way "this one time" (every time). As Dilbert says, "our boss can't judge the quality of our work, but he knows when it's late". This is an inviolate law of software development: quick always beats good. Get on board, or you'll be replaced by somebody who is.