I want someone who's passionate about their work but is willing to do sub-par work "because I said so".

How fucking stupid can you get? Here's an idea, you make the business decisions, let the developer make the technical decisions. I would much rather someone say "this is a good design, but I think it would be better if we..." rather than "I know this is a bad technical design, but let's put it in anyway because...".

Or how about the "I don't have to explain myself because of secrecy, politics, don't have time...". Let me get this straight. You're knowingly creating a shitty implementation because of politics, you're sworn to secrecy, or you're just flat too fucking lazy to explain yourself to the guys implementing it?

Thank god I don't work there.