phonetictalk (4/30/2013)
I would argue there's a difference between lacking people skills and being rude/arrogant/short-tempered too. While people without people skills can come across as rude or arrogant, it's a question of intent. Are they being arrogant because they are an a**, or because they know what they're talking about? If the former, then yeah, that shines through. If the latter, anyone who works with them will quickly gain respect for what they have to say, regardless of initial impressions.
Good point, I always tell people "Please don't confuse not getting your way with me being rude, arrogant, or uncoopoerative. There are reasons we don't just slap stuff into production. Your lack of planning or foresight is not my emergency.":-D
"Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"