> What's intolerable is when untalented people cargo-cult Jobs or Linus and pretend that their personality is what caused them to succeed. Yes, some other, les

> What's intolerable is when untalented people cargo-cult Jobs or Linus and pretend that their personality is what caused them to succeed. Yes, some other, less talented developers are being jerks and decide that they should try to hide their deficiencies by imitating Linus Torvalds. That does happen. But I'm sure that to a far larger extent, imitating the style of the great leader is just something that happens subconsciously. That is really the reason why I disagree with nkozyra's grandparent comment. Even somebody who really knows their stuff must be conscious of how they communicate, because of the potential problems that arise when their style is inevitably adopted by those who don't really know their stuff.