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by pnathan 789 days ago
Competence and promotions are two different skillsets, sometimes they intersect.

I've been swept up into some of the promo-optimized guys' orbits, and it was deeply unpleasant. Lots of smoke and mirrors to execs...

Good leadership optimizes for looking at ground truths, rather than yes-men. Some places succeed at that more than others...