> "Does it work?" This speaks nothing about maintainability or extensibility, which can add great value to a product in the long term. These factors aren't a m

> "Does it work?" This speaks nothing about maintainability or extensibility, which can add great value to a product in the long term. These factors aren't a matter of style or aesthetics, and they go beyond simply getting code to work. > It is genuinely cool to see code that is well designed and well written. And doing that consistently does require the innate talent of a special mind. And we've immediately returned to the bimodal myth. I would say it comes from someone who (1) cares about the quality of their work, (2) has a sense of what constitutes good or bad code (a sense most often acquired through experience), and (3) has the foresight (also usually acquired through experience) to make early design decisions that pay off later. None of this requires an innate genius.