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Agreed. I can count multiple people I've worked with who decide that to be a leader/genius/visionary, you first must be a jerk, and that will lead to respect.
by kleinsch 14y ago
Agreed. I can count multiple people I've worked with who decide that to be a leader/genius/visionary, you first must be a jerk, and that will lead to respect.
If you really are a genius, you're a huge pain to work with, but at least you're worth something.
If you're not, you just look like an ass.
- dyno12345 14y agoPretty much every SV god has a reputation for being incredible jerks: Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg, Musk, Ellison So, maybe the rule isn't if you're a jerk you're a genius, but instead, if you're a genius, be a jerk. You just probably aren't a genius.
- loceng 14y agoI wonder if it's the amount of ineptitude or not being on the same page that they may experience on a daily basis - even if it's 1 of 100s of people they interact with? I can see that being very trying when you literally have hundreads of things you need to make sure get done daily.
- geon 14y agoYou could add Torvalds to that list.
- epsylon 14y agoAnd Jeff Bezos :)