I like working with other developers. Other developers seem to like working with me. I very definitely have an ego :-) I've worked with some folk who don't see

I like working with other developers. Other developers seem to like working with me. I very definitely have an ego :-) I've worked with some folk who don't seem to work well with the rest of the team. They certainly make things unpleasant for management - but that's only a secondary side effect of them making the whole teams life unpleasant. Which in turn makes the product worse. Sometimes (not always - or even often) the person who doesn't work well with others is technically excellent. I mean stupidly good. I used to think that more than made up for the trouble they caused. These days... not so much. To pick one from the list - do you seriously think "Treat people who know less than you with respect, deference, and patience" is a bad goal to have? That doing that will make you a worse developer?