09-02-2011, 01:44 AM
Pam wrote:
I had to laugh reading your description. See I'm a big picture person who has worked with micro-focused people. We called them anal.There's no right or wrong here. Just different approaches. You're not going to change them and they aren't going to change you. The best you can do is find some middle ground. I know it's frustrating. Probably for them as much as you. But that's what makes the world go around.
My impression from previous posts, though, is that mattkime IS a big picture person in a very important sense. The elegant code is longer lasting and more cost effective in the long term. The quick fix leaves behind a trail of dirt that someone else will need to pay to clean up later.
It may just take time to build up his reputation as a reliable programmer whose code lasts forever and never breaks.