I think starting with a certain complexity a polished product is more of an execution issue than it is of quality of programming. In my experience, many progra

I think starting with a certain complexity a polished product is more of an execution issue than it is of quality of programming. In my experience, many programmers that are book smart can contribute to great working software, but can also produce crap when left to their own devices ("who cares about UX, look at this slick 3NF data model I fleshed out") or managed incompetently ("We fixed all the bugs that were in our bug tracker, therefore the software must be complete").