"[...]especially if they have been told that other people have looked at the problem and couldn’t find a solution!" There's too much ego in our profession, we

"[...]especially if they have been told that other people have looked at the problem and couldn’t find a solution!" There's too much ego in our profession, we have to get rid of it. I hate when a client says: "You have to implement a real time video compression algorithm of 100K LOC in brainfuck. This shouldn't take a lot of time for a talented developer like you" In my head it sounds like: "I think you are stupid and I'm using your ego to get a better/cheaper/faster result"