Indeed, I work with one particularly memorable self aggrandizing jackass. My first development gig was at a large corp. We did quarterly disaster recovery exce

Indeed, I work with one particularly memorable self aggrandizing jackass. My first development gig was at a large corp. We did quarterly disaster recovery excercises. Since I was single, and wanted to make a good impression I almost always volunteered, and always got the over night shift. Faster forward 3 years, and no one else on my team had been required to do one for over a year. When I noticed by boss didn't remember I'd been volunteering, and there was no benefit for me, I stopped. The next person required to perform disaster recovery was this older guy, he bitched and moaned at every oppurtunity, making sure everyone knew. Until one day in staff meeting I'd had enough, and said something about his whining, and how I'd done so many times and no one even remembered. My boss was really taken aback. That was the beginning of the end for me at that company, I'd already stayed too long. Note, that guy later committed suicide. He was a real miserable SOB.