" Mature engineers know that no matter how complete, elegant, or superior their designs are, it won’t matter if no one wants to work alongside them because they

" Mature engineers know that no matter how complete, elegant, or superior their designs are, it won’t matter if no one wants to work alongside them because they are assholes. " I've worked with some assholes that could easily be referred to as mature engineers. Being assholes or not wanting to work alongside them didn't really detract all that much as they could get the job done and there was a lot to learn from them. I'm not sure the author is correct about personality being a part of a senior engineer - or a senior executive - as far too many of those seem to be assholes by definition!