The hardest part of making anything is getting to the minimal viable product. Editing and refining and upgrading aren’t necessarily easy, but they are typically less daunting than staring at a blank page that you need to fill.

You can go into some interviews, say you write code just good enough to ship, and that will be a red flag to them.

You have to choose your tribe on this issue and be comfortable with the other tribe hating your style.