[arch-ninja]

I left the company I was part-timing at because after college I realized I was the smartest one in the room; my boss thought some of the code I wrote was "brilliant" and for this reason did not let me improve/fix any of it, which led to the company shipping a broken product to some very annoyed customers.

If you are ever managing someone who is "your best employee" and they want to do something you think is useless, please ask them why and what the expected results will be. Also when you get that data, listen a little? If priorities clash do a balancing act: "If you can do X in Y time, do it. But if day D comes along, switch over to my priority".