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Deal With the Brilliant Jerks You Work With

posted by Dopefish on Friday February 28 2014, @03:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the stupid-is-as-stupid-does dept.

AnonTechie writes "In business, intelligence is always a critical element in any employee, because what we do is difficult and complex and the competitors are filled with extremely smart people. However, intelligence isn't the only important quality. Being effective in a company also means working hard, being reliable, and being an excellent member of the team. Companies where people with diverse backgrounds and work styles can succeed have significant advantages in recruiting and retaining top talent over those that don't."

 
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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 28 2014, @11:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 28 2014, @11:31AM (#8546)

    We have a brilliant Jerk here. What his code does is not brilliant, but the way he obfuscates it is. Encryption, nonsensical variable names, NO comments whatsoever, etc. He can walk around being a condescending jerk because he's not trying to be promoted, he's just saving up for retirement.

    But its hard to decide whether or not to hate him or like him for that, because the company is willing to let him have them by the balls because they take penny-pinching to the extreme. From the company's perspective, it would cost too much money to make him rewrite and roll out his code while his existing code already works.

    It should be mentioned in passing that my employer is the type of company to apply band-aid fix on top of band-aid fix on top of band-aid fix because short-term profits are more important than long-term stability.

    -- Ethanol-fueled

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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday February 28 2014, @12:40PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Friday February 28 2014, @12:40PM (#8581)

    It should be mentioned in passing that my employer is the type of company to apply band-aid fix on top of band-aid fix on top of band-aid fix because short-term profits are more important than long-term stability.

    What other kind of company is there these days?