I recall the retelling of a startup interviewee comment who tanked their opportunity by saying "the salary: make it a big number." Furthermore, I notice in cl

I recall the retelling of a startup interviewee comment who tanked their opportunity by saying "the salary: make it a big number." Furthermore, I notice in clinical healthcare and software engineering that ego tends to be inversely proportional to capabilities because the jerk reaches hubris by stopping learning and assuming they're always right, leading to less knowledge, career development, feedback, and authentic peer interactions. Eventually, they become the "I've been doing this for X years" people. They become infinitely awesome, but in their own minds only.