I've worked with a few of the exceptions that prove the adage! :hehe: Some of them were flat-out scary.

I definitely agree that most IT people are of above average intelligence. One thing that I love at my wife's workplace: she's an astronomer and everyone there is quite bright. She has a PhD and they just hired a freshly minted PhD for her telescope, the other telescope has a half dozen or more doctorates. In astronomy, a master's degree is the consolation prize for not getting your doctorate.