You're confusing "asshole" with "brilliant jerk"[0]. The latter is high maintanance and finnicky, but worth it if you can keep them in their high-performance op

You're confusing "asshole" with "brilliant jerk"[0]. The latter is high maintanance and finnicky, but worth it if you can keep them in their high-performance operating regime. The former are toxic parasites that are actively trying to screw you. TFA is talking about the "asshole" group specifically. 0: Or at least that's the terms I've seen used on HN for those archtypes; obviously Y[vocabulary]MV