I've seen smart people all through my lifelane. I've seen people who call them smart. I've seen people who try to show them smart. I've seen people who are smart.
Not given enough space, you are likely to get lost figuring out, among all the above.
I've logged some keys which might help you find the real ones.
- When somebody's smart, it shows.
- When the smartness overshows, stop. He is not.
- Where you find many _I-never-knew-about-that-stuff_s, there is someone smart there.
- When asked a tech-doubt and the guy explains it close to awesome, with all those jargons and whatTheHellareTheseAndWhyINeverHeardTheseTerms terms, stop. He is not.