After nearly 20 years in various kinds of infosec companies, there are companies where jerks are not common, and companies where the jerks are very common.<p>You cannot fix the jerks in the first kind of company. Learn from them, quietly, and look for your exit.<p>Some people think that there is a correlation between being really good and being a jerk. Only in the sense that the only way a jerk can survive is if they are very very good. Some other people try to pattern-match them. Mimicking the &quot;jerk&quot; part is easy. Mimicking the &quot;very very good&quot; part is not. (See also: making a name for yourself by being a jerk is a lot easier than making a name for yourself by being really good.)<p>There are good people who are not jerks. I&#x27;ve worked with a bunch of them.