Do you get people explaining things to you in baby talk?
Or telling you why your idea won’t work when they clearly have no clue what your idea even is?
I think it’s awesome you’re able to make a living solving problems. I’d settle for just getting people to quit getting in my way when I’m working on solving a problem. It gets ridiculous sometimes.
Sometimes, yes. Depending on who they are, talking to me that way will get them sliced and diced, “politely”. My wife once told me that I could write a memo stabbing someone repeatedly, and they would thank me for it.
When I am in a new area, the “experts” do frequently tell me that I don’t understand, and why my idea won’t work, yes.
I then make it my mission to prove otherwise, with, or without their help. If they are at my level on the corporate ladder, I try very hard to include them, and often praise them to management for helping. After a couple of successes, and them getting partial credit, I usually have a long-term ally, and a reputation. One of my old bosses used to call me “the plumber” - When things got clogged up, they’d call me to fix it.
And yes - there are legion who just get in the way. I feel your pain.