Within limits, the more talent you have, the less niceness you can get away with. This misreads the situation a little, I think. The more talented you are, the

Within limits, the more talent you have, the less niceness you can get away with. This misreads the situation a little, I think. The more talented you are, the more likely you are to recognize the value of “niceness” (in its current meaning (“kind”) and its older meaning (“careful and particular”)). That's why someone whose code is well-commented and carefully designed has shown more talent than the arrogant trickster whose 2k-line functions full of 1-letter variable names “comment themselves”.