You're not wrong, but just remember that there are people in this world looking at you and all of us "nerdy engineers" exactly the same way. Not that we need t

You're not wrong, but just remember that there are people in this world looking at you and all of us "nerdy engineers" exactly the same way. Not that we need to stress about that, I mean we all look like douchebags to somebody. I just think you might be jumping the gun with character judgements such as them not respecting your free time. The guy who told you to spend 3 hours tinkering with your Chromecast would probably love working on that project himself, and assumed you might enjoy it too. He might have been trying to help you take your mind off of the stresses he know you were dealing with.