For an example of what happens when he runs into a real programmer see:

https://github.com/johnousterhout/aposd-vs-clean-code

_A Philosophy of Software Design_ is an amazing and under-rated book:

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy...

and one which I highly recommend and which markedly improved my code --- the other book made me question my boss's competence when it showed up on his desk, but then it was placed under a monitor as a riser which reflected his opinion of it....