Yes! It became extremely tiresome to defend my position as a functional programmer from less experienced people who had big egos. Time and time again I would be accused of "not having enough experience" simply because I disagreed with just so many stupid things that have gone on over the years--the zealots I ran into where people with big chips on their shoulders who just had to be "right" instead of being inquisitive and thoughtful. I never had anything to prove, I just wanted to write tight, testable, maintainable code.