Sure, but I've seen enough prima donna middle managers who fed their ego by enforcing process to know the pragmatism of builders is less harmful. I'll take a p

Sure, but I've seen enough prima donna middle managers who fed their ego by enforcing process to know the pragmatism of builders is less harmful. I'll take a pragmatist who understands when 94% or 60% is good enough test coverage over the manager who demands 100%. I'm positive I know who has the bigger ego there. Perhaps you're reading your own experience into this, but I pretty clearly set up a scenario, and yes, I do think there's a lot of ego in anyone demanding 100% coverage, especially if they aren't writing the code.