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Your explanation was a bit unclear in the beginning but I think I got the point. From my perspective, you're describing two skilled coders (neither bad) but asking about the speed tradeoff, neither being bad.

I try to be that ideal programmer that switches between being both the fast or slow programmer and situationally adapts depending on the climate of the product and the company.

Who would I hire?

The ideal programmer if I can find it but otherwise, I'd just hire a mix of both.