I disagree with this heartily. Process exists to force heterogeneous groups of exceptional and unexceptional individuals to regress to the mean. The answer is get rid of process and only hire exceptional people.

The best advice is do what works for you, not what works for the guy that sits beside you. Linus vetoed debuggers in the kernel for years and that code runs half the planet.

Don't change a thing my friend. Code your own code, but keep an open mind to things that will make you better. If a company chooses not to hire you based on your static skill set rather than your potential then you don't want to work there anyway.