Originally Posted by
stuffedsuperdud
Aside from his issues with the obesity and with women, he's definitely booksmart, but everythingelsedumb. That's okay in itself: R&D is hard and we all feel stupid most days because shit that should work won't, but he's incredibly arrogant on top of all else to the point where asking him for a favor means formally approaching him and and politely making the request, in writing if possible. He also once insisted that I bring a third person in first, to witness the deed. Today I told him to be more careful after he broke a beaker full of etchant and he went, "Okay if I am not careful enough maybe you should find someone else to do this with you." And then he sulked on his phone for a while watching Top Gear clips on YouTube. Really? That's okay? So he's got the world's worse case of Dunning-Kreuger and arrogant-bastarditis on top of all else. Great. Last week, I told some other folks I was working with him; now I know why people were giggling.