I wrote about a similar problem a couple of years back. I called it the "hero anti-pattern". https://mikeseablog.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/the-hero-anti-pattern

I wrote about a similar problem a couple of years back. I called it the "hero anti-pattern". https://mikeseablog.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/the-hero-anti-pattern/ https://mikeseablog.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/the-hero-anti-p... While I'm sure we can all come up with use-cases where the pain of a genius jerk is outweighed by the potential benefits, it's worth always remembering that realisation of those benefits is the very thing that the jerk jeopardises through his/her bad behaviour.