I think there's a difference between being a jerk for no reason, and just being disagreeable in situations where you genuinely disagree. Steve Jobs had genuine

I think there's a difference between being a jerk for no reason, and just being disagreeable in situations where you genuinely disagree. Steve Jobs had genuine disagreements between his vision and the people around him, some of his disagreements were productive, and some of them were surely pointless, but some of those productive and difficult disagreements were doubtless a component of his success. Steve was also a bit of a dirtbag though, if what I've heard about his relationship with his daughter is correct; though probably there's also more to that than we are meant to know.