26-year-old Master's graduate in her first job reports her 27-year-old coworker to HR for not doing her job for her: 'I felt that she was creating an overly hostile work environment that was affecting my productivity'

People with egos seem to really struggle with not being the center of attention and the most talented and most skilled around. And,  it's really important to accept, no matter what degree, qualification, or experience you might have, you're not going to be the best at something on your first attempt.

It's the same rule of entering any work environment: It doesn't matter who you are and what you think of yourself, you need to bow your head and eat humble pie and learn from the best and the experienced who are going to be the most important to teach you the way.

Something about these people and their egos—and the added sprinkle of incompetence—really just feeds their whole insecurity back on itself and grinds away their ego, especially when they consider themselves to be above their peers and are confronted by the fact that they just… aren't.