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Deal With the Brilliant Jerks You Work With
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(Score: 1) by infodragon on Friday February 28 2014, @01:45PM
Think Hugh Grant with a reasonable knowledge of software development and the ear of management. No matter how brilliant the next guy is, unless he has the charming wit capable of graciously apologizing for cheating on his wife with a hooker, no one will be able to convince management of anything unless they get Hugh's buy-in. No matter how over run a project is, the charm turns on and all the techno-drivel wrapped in charming words trumps any rational explanation every time.
What makes him a Jerk is that he knows he's wrong but maliciously charms is way out of any accountability. He is just brilliant enough to produce results marginally acceptable that from his charming mouth sound heroic.
The only way I've found around this is to either leave or produce absolutely startling results and keep your mouth shut. The latter only works if management has a level of brilliance rarely seen and you have the patience and discipline to keep your mouth shut.
When you are noticed focus on the results and only the results. Anything else and Hugh charms his way into claiming some/all of the credit. If you focus on results and let him try to take credit, then challenge him on the details. His charming wit turns dark and you have the upper hand. Do not engage in anything but results! Stick to results and challenging his remarks when he is wrong and you are an EXPERT in the subject matter.
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(Score: 1) by skullz on Friday February 28 2014, @05:19PM
Wow.
[virtual hug] infodragon [/virtual hug]