Would there be any upside to a company like Uber cultivating a reputation like this deliberately? Obnoxiousness seems to be a characteristic quite ingrained into elite hacker culture.
Looking at the numbers... they are quite successful, anyway you slice it.
Oracle market cap is $175Bn and their revenue was $37Bn in 2016. Net income $8.9Bn. Also, some growth over last 5 years.
> Obnoxiousness seems to be a characteristic quite ingrained into elite hacker culture
That was not my experience with the elite developers I have known. I find that behavior endemic and distributed like a bell curve throughout society.