I agree with the idea that attitude trumps intelligence, and I humbly disagree with the idea that it's somehow "better" to hire someone smart over someone who's

I agree with the idea that attitude trumps intelligence, and I humbly disagree with the idea that it's somehow "better" to hire someone smart over someone who's hard-working as others are suggesting. But what kind of dichotomy is that? The reason why languages like Lisp appeal to me is because I don't like it when my hard work is wasted. It's pissy when you spend more time trying to circumvent their poorly conceived type system than you spend on the actual problem itself. I don't like it when my code is unnecessarily complex because of my tools.