What are the disadvantages of beingsmart?

BillWhite, I am a computer programmer, mostly concentrating in languagedesign and imple...

Ingraduate school, my advisor was a very smart guy.  The rumor was that hegot his undergraduate degree from MIT at 14 or so, and his Ph.D. before he was21.  He was the nicest guy you would ever want to meet, and he reallytried to do excellent teaching excellently.  But he didn't know how whatit was like to not understand something.  When I couldn't figure outsomething complicated instantly, he was unable to proceed.  It wasn't thathe was impatient or frustrated, he was just non-plussed.

I think that's the most important problem.  Notunderstanding other people.  But one doesn't have to be smart to get afeeling for this.   Everybody is smarter than somebody else in someway.  I know more about C++ than many people, less about Erlang and evenless about musical counterpoint.  When I talk to people about C++, I'm thesmart one.  When I talk about music I'm the ignoramus.  The same isprobably true for you.  So, figure out where you are the smart one, andsee what disadvantages there are talking to other people.