Totally.
There's distance between:
"people think I'm stupid because I'm not scared to show that I don't know about something"
and some of the examples which are more along the lines of
"people think I'm stupid because I act as a self-entitled genius who provides little context or reasoning behind choices and expect everyone to line up behind with no question"
What is the Apple store employee supposed to do to not make someone feel stupid when they ask for the smallest box? What are the chances they're not a clueless customer in need of help and have solid reasons behind?
The boss raises an eyebrow when someome proposes to skip half of the test suite? Means a lack of trust.
The insurance dealer does his job and tries to get a higher premium? Not surprised.
There's quite a bit of narcissism here: "They though I'm stupid but I'm not", " I was right in the end". It's actually arguing how everyone else is dumber in the end.
A more sincere approach would have been to explain how he realized how stupid he actually was and how not being defensive about it helped. But perhaps the author knows better after all.
There's distance between:
"people think I'm stupid because I'm not scared to show that I don't know about something"
and some of the examples which are more along the lines of
"people think I'm stupid because I act as a self-entitled genius who provides little context or reasoning behind choices and expect everyone to line up behind with no question"
What is the Apple store employee supposed to do to not make someone feel stupid when they ask for the smallest box? What are the chances they're not a clueless customer in need of help and have solid reasons behind?
The boss raises an eyebrow when someome proposes to skip half of the test suite? Means a lack of trust.
The insurance dealer does his job and tries to get a higher premium? Not surprised.
There's quite a bit of narcissism here: "They though I'm stupid but I'm not", " I was right in the end". It's actually arguing how everyone else is dumber in the end.
A more sincere approach would have been to explain how he realized how stupid he actually was and how not being defensive about it helped. But perhaps the author knows better after all.