The reason so many people are complaining is that "I worked with a terrible co-worker who was incapable of understanding that working well with others is an ess

The reason so many people are complaining is that "I worked with a terrible co-worker who was incapable of understanding that working well with others is an essential part of being a great engineer" is a near-universal experience. And this article literally puts that terrible co-worker on a pedestal and says "If you have an engineer who is bad at their job, leave them alone and let them continue to be bad at their job."