> For a challenge, work with people with contrasting styles. This is likely to fail but it's where real innovation comes from. You don't get the Beatles without both Paul and John.

I somewhat agree, although there are some "styles" that I've encountered over the years that are almost impossible to work with. Just like jazz, rock, country, etc. are different styles of music, there's very few people who will be happy listening to "child banging spoons on a pot". I spent a good portion of my career as a consultant that had to swoop in and pick up new codebases quickly; I've got my own style, and I've encountered a lot of styles that are different than mine that I can work with just fine, but yeesh, there's definitely just straight up poorly-thought-through and poorly-implemented code out there :)

Yes, riff on different styles, and don't automatically write off anything outside your own. But also don't accept trash :D