Things which I did not know existed in the world until my thirties and was then scandalized and terrified by.https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/924027127984304128 …
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And I have seen these folks actually ending up getting hired as CEOs for early-stage startups only to destroy the startup.
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“But we hired Bob away from an SVP role at Big Bank Co. How could we know he was a compete idiot?”
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There's a lot of men covering for other men that enables this. "Bob really can't do his job, but he's a fine guy. Sure, promote him."
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"He can learn on the job! Or at least he can't possibly fuck up TOO badly."
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I’ve seen the opposite too: been 10 years in finance DevOps and never seen anyone get promoted unless the manager quit/fired.
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As a coworker said: if companies don’t give raises/promotions and you get more $$$ for switching, switching is the only rational play
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the first commandment of hierarchical life with incompetent leadership: the hierarchy must be preserved
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Alternative theory: Higher management being at the peak of the dunning kruger curve is optimal.
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Dumb enough to not be paralysed by the complexities of the real world, cocky enough to make a decision quickly and stick with it based upon limited information
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And then you parlay that into a similar role at a Microsoft, for example. Seen a lot of this in my short life.
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