It is being taught and reinforced by bad attitudes in tech. I've spent time with plenty of narcissistic engineers that will treat you as being stupid. Sometimes

It is being taught and reinforced by bad attitudes in tech. I've spent time with plenty of narcissistic engineers that will treat you as being stupid. Sometimes those people are very overconfident and get a lot of social influence, leading to them (mis)managing other people. Power and politics at the macro level.