[clintonc]

This reads as a cynical description by someone who identifies as a "skilled pragmatist" (as I do, incidentally), but it doesn't seem to have a useful point of view. For example, "playing the system" and "making waves" have other names -- "driving initiatives" and "cross-team collaboration". They seem like "mushy" phrases because they are not well-defined sets of tasks like "deliver feature A" can become.

Are skilled pragmatists undervalued? Maybe, but this article doesn't do an good job of making me believe that.

[bloodyplonker22]

As much as I dislike politics, honestly, it sounds like he was out-maneuvered by someone who works less hard. Think Frank Grimes.