Maybe it's just me but most truly brilliant people with whom I've worked, have been the opposite: very nice. They were not only smart in their own field but als

Maybe it's just me but most truly brilliant people with whom I've worked, have been the opposite: very nice. They were not only smart in their own field but also smart on an emotional level. They were the kind of people you wanted to be around, and they were constantly learning from other brilliant people, recognizing that a bad personality creates friction to learning.