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by treerock 2546 days ago
From the article:

>I’m specifically addressing the epidemic of smart assholes that are actually good at their jobs, at least on paper.

There are plenty of smart arseholes, who can do their job well (if they wanted) but prefer to be an arsehole. I'm reminded of the Sociopath layer in the Gervais Principle.

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...