How good is phrase in letter of recommendation describing my smart but unorthodox solutions? I have a LOR from my previous employer and I want to use it for the MSc application I'm preparing. However, there is a certain sentence in this LOR that even though I understand its meaning (based on facts I know of course), I don't know if it will be good for my application.

"Major characteristics of his job were the clean, well commented code and the smart, yet often unorthodox solutions."

How bad can it be for my application?
If I were reading this statement, I'd take it as quite positive.


Clean, well-commented code is a very good thing, especially in a young programmer
Smart solutions are good
Unorthodox could be good or bad, but going into an academic context it's probably more good than bad.