I didn't say there's no middle ground. Of course I'd prefer the brilliant nice guy, but you don't always have that option. I disagree on 'adequate' though. I'l

I didn't say there's no middle ground. Of course I'd prefer the brilliant nice guy, but you don't always have that option. I disagree on 'adequate' though. I'll take a truly brilliant a-hole over 'adequate'. 'Adequate' means I'm often fixing their mistakes, checking up on them, making sure they stay on track, etc. I'm ok with smoothing over issues from time to time if it means I can let them run wild on the thing I hired them for.