You are a very warm spirited person in your circle of friends. You could be different in your work environment though. I agree with Don about being higher educated. From experience, those who I would consider an "intellect" (like yourself) do tend to come off a bit stuffy or pretentious. Personally I don't feel you come off like that to me, but maybe you are coming off that way to others. I would be able to judge much easier if I was part of your work environment though.

But hey, you are leaving that place, so who cares what they think :)