A collection of archetypal idiosyncrasies you'll find amongst "smart" people in academia and the tech world at large.
>Struggles with concept for ages.
>Declares it easy to everyone else struggling.
>Takes a long time to complete something
>Declares it took very little time at all.
>People get close to his mastery of a subject.
>Reminds them of how much more there is to learn, (you're on a plateau, you cannot even see the summit).
>Asked how to learn subject M
>Recommends "easy" books on M he barely understands.
>Doesn't know an answer
>Recommends googling, for it should be obvious.
>Cannot solve a problem
>Presents an outline for the solution, lets you fill in the missing details.
>Learns a new programming language S
>Declares S the best way of doing everything
>Later learns language T
>Declares T the best way of doing everything, and S users as stupid.
>Fails to learn concept C
>Disparages C as worthless
>Mocks reddit users
>Reads reddit posts which answer search engine queries.
>Buys books in fields he wants to know more about
>Never even reads them.
>Zealot for open source operating system L
>Has never looked at source code for L.
>Fully aware about dangers of malware
>Runs sketchy code anyways, knowing the danger is a suit of armour.
>Smartest man in the room
>Fails exam because he doesn't need to study.
>Never reviews anything, ever.
>Relies on reviews for all purchase decisions.
I'll come up with more later. How many of these match traits you exhibit?