The worst part of working with people like that is that they are usually rewarded, while the rest of us are criticised for not being able to keep up, or lack understanding.
I worked with a guy who was the star of the department, a nice and friendly guy, but holy crap he built some interesting solutions. Example: Our main product could only be debugged if we started up a development environment, consisting of 12 VMs. The 10x guys only problem was that the subnet these thing ran on was a little to small for all us to have a full environment.
You're absolutely right that these people develop tend to develop a very personal style, and often it's harmful to everyone else.
I worked with a guy who was the star of the department, a nice and friendly guy, but holy crap he built some interesting solutions. Example: Our main product could only be debugged if we started up a development environment, consisting of 12 VMs. The 10x guys only problem was that the subnet these thing ran on was a little to small for all us to have a full environment.
You're absolutely right that these people develop tend to develop a very personal style, and often it's harmful to everyone else.