Thanks everybody for your input. I won't respond to your posts at this point, since I'd like to think about your replies before making an attempt to come to some sort of conclusion myself :-)

But in the meantime, there are few things I would like to point out about my environment, so that you can give me advises based on ( relatively ) accurate information

• Make no mistake, I love where I work. As I said, most everybody at my company is so smart I doubt that they are of the same biological composition as I am, and no, my boss is not pointy-haired :-)
• The stuff that we make is definitely exciting! I'm pretty darn proud about the product that I help to make.
• The person in question is relatively new as well. The lack of knowledge is understandable, but I just can't understand the defeated atitude!

So no, I'm not fed up with my employer or the environment ( just yet ), but I'm just wondering what I should do / how I should deal with the small number of people like the one I described above

Also I was wondering if I was being too self-righteous, senstive, or just plain naive. I wanted a balanced opinion, you know?

Anyway, I will check back tomorrow. Thanks for taking your time to read this post, everybody

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