This sort of thinking can be used to justify endless sorts of toxic behavior. It's been prevalent in IT for decades. I thought we were making progress pushing b

This sort of thinking can be used to justify endless sorts of toxic behavior. It's been prevalent in IT for decades. I thought we were making progress pushing back on it... I couldn't care less how brilliant someone is; if they're otherwise a toxic person, they're not worth having around. There is no project that is handled by a single person, and having a toxic person on a team will be a drain in the long-term.