I actually worked with a guy like this. He was a very intelligent, almost brilliant programmer at a very young age. But as brilliant as he was, he also was pret

I actually worked with a guy like this. He was a very intelligent, almost brilliant programmer at a very young age. But as brilliant as he was, he also was pretty socially awkward. It took me a lot of time and patience getting used to his way of communicating. At first, he sounded like an arrogant a\\hole, who always knew better. After some time working together, I was able to reinterpret his behavior so that I wouldn't feel offended by his ways and even found him being an actually cool guy to work with. But I know for sure, that a lot of people didn't try, which in the long run could cost him some of his reputation.