Completely screw up a product or business due to your own demonstrable mediocrity, and despite your illustrious pedigree? Up you go.... Commit egregious acts of sexual harassment in a company that claims to care about it. Here's your unvested stock on the way out...
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There's a certain class of Silicon Valley denizen (and I could mention a few from Facebook) who are at least somewhat incompetent. But there they flit, impervious to the laws of career physics, upwards from one failure to another, until they land in some professional Valhalla....
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...of a cushy VC post, or just boutique (and usually scattershot) angel investing, while posting Instagram photos of a custom-built house in a Valley hood where some junior hires choose to live at work or in parked RVs because they can't afford to live there otherwise.
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If this country ever really gets to the point of class revolt, it'll be precisely because the elite class openly (rather than covertly) considers itself above reproach or the law. That class already socializes losses and privatizes gains and calls it governance.
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Know of a few such folks at Twitter too
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Oh one thing to note though: these people are not totally incompetent. They know how to play the corporate game of thrones really well. It’s just that they are incompetent in any skill that would help with actual value generation both inside and outside of the company
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Right. They'd not total dumbshits. They're just not good at making that downtime plot go down (or the usage or $ plots go up). But they've got the political game down.
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This is true in almost every industry. Perhaps more apparent in Silicon Valley with outsized pay, etc.
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old concept. people are promoted to their own level of incompetence.
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this is gold
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Maybe this also explains dotart
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it ain't just Silicon Valley....
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It’s corporate culture. Round the wagons. It’s about who the corrupt can trust
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Happens in public education too. Inept Principals get moved up to district office where they do less damage but are compensated more.
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