codingstuffs

The small startup I work for is starting to do a refactoring/version 2 of its product, as such the owner is going through the code base and marking areas for improvement.

He has marked a few parts of the code that I worked on, and one in particular has the comment "//codingstuffs: This code makes me want to cry. Try xxx coding style??"

Now, I will be the first to admit that likely my code sometimes can be a little messier, but the coding style he prefers the pyramid of doom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_doom_(programming)) and I had been taught this was not a good thing.

I'm happy to code to his particular style, but I can't help but feel hurt by the comments. Does anyone have suggestions as to how to separate themselves more from their code/work so that I can not take this as personally?

I work for a small startup where my boss and the owner are the same person. The issue is that whenever they think of a task or see a problem, that becomes #1 priority (despite the level of impact/severity, or if I am working on something else that was assigned).

This is very wearing, as I have to switch focus often to something that doesn't matter that much, and often my boss forgets about afterwards. Any discussion about prioritization he takes as challenging his authority, and becomes upset and dismissive. It feels like I have no input, and am just a machine to do tasks.

Is there a better way I should be dealing with this situation? Has anyone else been in the same situation and learned how to handle it better?