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AnonTechie writes "In business, intelligence is always a critical element in any employee, because what we do is difficult and complex and the competitors are filled with extremely smart people. However, intelligence isn't the only important quality. Being effective in a company also means working hard, being reliable, and being an excellent member of the team. Companies where people with diverse backgrounds and work styles can succeed have significant advantages in recruiting and retaining top talent over those that don't."
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Deal With the Brilliant Jerks You Work With
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 28 2014, @09:30PM
"My basic view on "Brilliant Jerks" is that the primary effect of their jerkiness is to mask their lack of brilliance. There's this idea floating around of "He has no social skills, but he can write code. He must be one of those crazy genius types I keep hearing about that made Silicon Valley what it is today." But the vast majority of the truly smart people actually *do* have social skills, and it makes a big difference."
How about humans are complex and their behavior is complex, and that generalizations rarely apply to everyone?