alt Hacker News>Most of my peers would rather work with brilliant jerk than a friendly average person.
If that’s true, you work somewhere very strange. Almost everyone hates dealing with assholes.
>Most of my peers would rather work with brilliant jerk than a friendly average person.
If that’s true, you work somewhere very strange. Almost everyone hates dealing with assholes.
People want results. Brilliant assholes produce those, so you tolerate the annoying parts. Would be great if they were also kind, but I'll take a house built by an asshole over a tent erected by a friendly person.
It's not a dichotomy, obviously. There are plenty of very smart people who are also pleasant to be around. But if they're either strong in soft skills _or_ in hard skills, I prefer them being asshole over them not contributing but being nice.