[ZoFreX]

Being a jerk and disagreeing are orthogonal. You can be a jerk while agreeing with someone, and be a not-jerk while disagreeing.

I'm curious, in reference to the post, how you would have no problem working with a "Bob"? Is there really no behaviour there that would bother you in a coworker?

[microcolonel]

Well, if there truly is a Bob then sure, I probably wouldn't want him on a team, but I don't even know why they are being addressed simultaneously. Bob is clearly a sociopath.

I might not be personally all that bothered, since people tend not to get the better of me, but it probably wouldn't be productive to have such a person in a team, and there's a good chance they don't care enough to be productive, and most people wouldn't work with them (as this thread shows).

There's probably only one way you could employ Bob, and that's as an external solo contractor.

[bjt2n3904]

> Being a jerk and disagreeing are orthogonal

In theory. In practice, it's much more difficult.

[s73ver_]

Not really. It's quite possible to do. The problem is that many in tech haven't really tried to develop the skill. Part of that whole, "Soft skills are useless in STEM; raw engineering prowess is all that matters!" mindset.