[cardosof]

I don't remember when this happened exactly during my career, but someday something clicked in my mind and I learned that, after youre promoted above middle management, you can get away with most legal but immoral things, and with many straight up illegal stuff as well. One can concentrate so much power without accountability that it's easy to blame someone else, the market, the client, the employees, and keep changing the rules to never get screwed. And if something happens... There's always a "sabbatical period" to relax a bit before going on to the next company.

[grappler]

I suppose that's tied to people believing that you have some kind of midas touch for turning capital into profit. As long as the people with the capital believe that about you, they will back you with their capital and then have your back.