I wonder if something about technical competence corresponds to being a jerk. I’ve seen this happen again and again. Nice people become jerks when they become

I wonder if something about technical competence corresponds to being a jerk. I’ve seen this happen again and again. Nice people become jerks when they become good at tech. It doesn’t always happen. Plenty of compassionate tech wizards. I suspect it’s due to the fact that being a jerk gets reactions quicker. “You messed this up, fix it like I tell you or I’ll ruin your reputation” gets more effect than “Let me show you how this works.” I also suspect that programmers are often so lost in their heads, they don’t take good advice when it’s given. I’ve been guilty of this. I’ve decided a problem is from X part of the stack, that when an expert in Y says to look in Y I’m like “but that doesn’t effect X!”