I learned along time ago that you can either write "perfect code" or you can write "pragmatic code" guess which ones wastes less time and puts more bread on tab

I learned along time ago that you can either write "perfect code" or you can write "pragmatic code" guess which ones wastes less time and puts more bread on table? I started a long time ago in college with procedural see, moving onto JAVA and .NET and its OO cruft only to realise that instead of helping its slowing me down and come around full circle