"Plays well with others" is so incredibly important, and, at least in my experience, in an entirely different universe from the 'rockstar' mindset. Working wit

"Plays well with others" is so incredibly important, and, at least in my experience, in an entirely different universe from the 'rockstar' mindset. Working with a 'rockstar', frankly, sucks. They know everything, they're better than you at everything, and they're faster than anybody else... at least, in their own minds. It's impossible to work with someone who is 'too talented' to listen to other people. Sure, most of these people are genuinely talented, but they seem to lose track of the fact that other people can have skills and knowledge as well. It gets worse when the rockstar starts managing -- all kinds of direction changes to chase new development fads, huge micromanaging, massive weekend rewrites of other peoples' code... no thanks.