[bottled_poe]

I generally agree that it is important for a software engineer to be able to identify the quality/speed desired by the client/manager. However, I think this advice needs to be applied cautiously:

> If you find yourself rewriting your code a lot, consider using a technique that Pixar uses for making digital films which is they work on them on sections until they are "good enough"

This approach works for features where side-effects are isolated to a small part of the system (eg. UI changes). For anything major, it is worth doing right the first time. eg. A library on which other software is constructed. The mastery is in weighing up the scope and likelihood of rework that might be required in the future.