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by MrDom 4159 days ago
Which has nothing to do with assuming or not assuming responsibility. This is known as moving goalposts.

You'll notice I've said absolutely nothing about whether or not he assumed disproportionate amounts of credit. That kind of thing is murky at best. How do you measure credit? Is it something your boss gives you because he likes you or is it something you actively vie for? In some cases it can be one, some the other but in most cases it's a little of both.

You still haven't admitted even a little bias, despite being shown your quite obvious bias in at least one context.

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You said nothing about whether he assumed disproportionate amounts of credit, but you didn't have to because that is a given since it was stated by the original poster. Now you are trying to discredit that part of the description by saying it is hard to judge. May I remind you that we are discussing an example presented by someone else. If you choose to selectively discredit parts of the given description to suit your position, we are no longer discussing the same example. Perhaps you believe that nobody ever assumes more credit than they deserve.

I admit that I am biased against people who assume disproportionate amounts of credit as CEO. I think that is a highly undesirable trait in any kind of manager.