Moronic team members

[jmo21]

you got a screenshot - you lucky lucky baarsted.

this happened to me last week. i tulip you not.

MD (of s/w house) 'Why are you using <field2> here and why is it empty?'
EO - 'Because last week, you asked for a report that includes <field2>'
MD - 'I specifically asked for the report to include <field1>'
EO - 'err, ok, I will change it. just let me document this'
MD - 'Why are you using <field1> on this report'
EO - 'aha - produces documentation. this is what you asked for yesterday'
MD -'No No No. <Client1> wants <field1>, <Client2> wants <field2>'
EO - 'AHA. there are two fields. Each client has their own field. gotcha.'
MD - 'Nooo. there is one field, they just call it different things'

MD - 'Isnt it obvious'

The saddest part of this story is that is YOU who the MD thinks is idiot.

[Ignis Fatuus]

The saddest part of this story is that is YOU who the MD thinks is idiot.

Dunning–Kruger effect

The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority.

Or as Bertrand Russell put it more pithily,

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

This effect can be seen all around us, from the quality of our politicians to the fact that the market for highly skilled intelligent trained and useful professionals is controlled by agents. It reaches its height on The Apprentice.