> In the first case don't dismiss them. Be polite and explain it to them. The explaining part is fine. My problem is I love tech. “Extremely passionate” is the

> In the first case don't dismiss them. Be polite and explain it to them. The explaining part is fine. My problem is I love tech. “Extremely passionate” is the polite way my friends call it. So if you give me a chance to talk your ear off about tech, I’ll take it :-D But when dealing with someone who misunderstood the complexity finding that balance of being perceived as being passionate (something I don’t mind being perceived as, I am a geek :-p) and being a “know it all” I find to be tricky at time (I don’t want to be the “know it all”, I don’t know it all and in my experience those people come across as being a dick, something I don’t want to be.) > In the second case, don't let your ego get in the way and don't always assume you need a big complicated tool to solve an issue. I try to live by that, some times slip up and fail. But I have this in my office to try and remind me to keep too such a mindset https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/file_transfer.png https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/file_transfer.png