>And, of course you will be a jerk when you are seeing things others just can't and they can't understand you. After a while you lose patience. What if they do

>And, of course you will be a jerk when you are seeing things others just can't and they can't understand you. After a while you lose patience. What if they don't see those things because they're not being communicated well? >What good developer can bring to a team is more valuable then 3-4 polite junior devs that have enthusiasm (which I value also highly) but can't produce quality stuff. But it isn't necessary that those 3-4 polite junior devs are your opportunity cost. The good developer may well be alienating n good developers, testers, DBAs, Ops analysts, or BAs.