[RajT88]

Adults largely do nothing, agree.

I recall trying once, it got to the principal level. Nothing happened. The kids got a talking to by the principal, but their parents did not care. Child bullies have parents who do not care what their kids do.

Fighting back works - against a single bully. If there is more than one, they will make the fight unfair. After all, it is about dominance and not proving yourself.

Bullies eventually usually grow out of it. That is the fix in my experience.

[anotheruser13]

Maybe in school. I was bullied by a supervisor at a previous job. Didn't want to get fired for insubordination.

[int_19h]

In my experience, they do not, they just become someone else's problem.

(Or everyone's, if they end up in top management.)

[RajT88]

Few bullies end up in management. This is relative to the pool of grade school bullies (which is a lot more than later in life).

The worst ones I recall from my childhood are mechanics and laborers and a few are web devs.

[BehindBlueEyes]

Maybe they end up in management in game development :p