how is this rule meaningful beyond platitude?
"boss, I have finished the task. But this time, I activated great engineer mode, hence the result is not only elegant, but efficient and effective."
"boss, I have finished the task. But this time, I activated great engineer mode, hence the result is not only elegant, but efficient and effective."
I think there's some overlap with:
> 13. Design is based on requirements. There's no justification for designing something one bit "better" than the requirements dictate.
The same thing applies, I think, to anyone who works on a team. The beginner thinks of the problem by itself. The more experienced member thinks of how the system will influence what they are building or doing. The senior member will think about how the thing they are doing/building will in turn affect the whole (and weigh the consequences).