Early on in my programming career, I implemented all sorts of beautiful magic, but I was alone. Later, I realized that beautiful magic was keeping me alone. Now, much later in my career, I program mostly like a novice. I don't write clever code, I unroll powerful one liners into boring for loops, and I use all sorts of temporary variables to make intent perfectly clear, because I want and need as much help as I can get. Confusing contributors for some wanky obsession with "terseness" or "elegance" is a good indication of either a great team, or someone that works alone.