Re: Jerks need not apply
Indeed.
In one of his TED Talks (https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_are_you_a_giver_or_a_taker?language=en) Adam Grant (an organizational psychologist) talks about people as Givers, Takers and the mass of people in between His view is that it's way more important to keep out the Takers than it is to hire lots of Givers. The really dangerous ones are the pleasant Takers. People can avoid the loud jerks, but the backstabbers just make people suspicious and uncooperative.
"No brilliant jerks" is just another way of saying "No takers".
Biting the hand that feeds IT
