[joechung]

Working with people who are "strategically incompetent" is a nightmare. Don't do this.

[gaius]

It can backfire, too. A recent conversation:

Manager: Why are you working on system X?

Me: Because cow-orker Y says he doesn't know how to do it

Manager: But he's on-call to support that system!

Me: Perhaps this is an issue that you ought to discuss with him.