[Izmaki]

Being pulled aside by management because your desire for correctness and high quality got you in trouble when you wanted to correct project management kind of sucks. Having your “ah, that’s probably easy” attitude makes you seem arrogant and as if you want to “show off” - even if the thing objectively speaking IS easy to you and even if you could do a better job in less time than your colleagues.

It’s a blessing but when people are envious and agree that your gift is just arrogance from ignorance, then the blessing turns into a curse.

I can solve virtually any technical challenge that I am presented, given enough time (usually 1/10th the time needed by my colleagues) and yet I seem to get in trouble more times than others for the reasons above.

(For ref. I work in IT as probably most here, with an IQ of 135+, i.e. top-1%)

[Skunkleton]

If you find yourself getting in trouble, maybe you are solving the wrong problems?

[brazukadev]

Real smart people don't have this problem as social engineering is just one more tool

[rand846633]

> I can solve virtually any technical challenge that I am presented, given enough time (usually 1/10th the time needed by my colleagues) and yet I seem to get in trouble more times than others for the reasons above.

Apparently you have not solved the problems of how to find the right group and company yet. Either you are in the wrong room or just delusional.