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It's surprising that someone who is so smart would be so complacent with accepting slotted into a low rank and accepting of it after two years of that situation

• enraged_camel 11y ago
  Not sure why it is surprising. Analytical intelligence (the type that can build systems that save the company hundreds of millions a year) is different from social intelligence. The author clearly states that their smartness did not extend into the social realm. He cites the friend he referred to Amazon, who got hired and quickly started rising in the ranks by kissing ass, sucking up and going so far as to show fake data in meetings to make his superiors look good.
• mildbow 11y ago
  Smart and intelligent are different things. If a person has succeed up until a given point by just being intelligent/workign hard, and relying on higher ups to notice to get promoted, I don't see why s/he wouldn't continue that previously winning strategy a little while longer. It's easy to fall into the trap of "I just need to work harder" when working harder has worked before. So, either his feedback loop was lengthened because it was input that didn't match his past experience. Or, maybe he wasn't/isnt that great on picking up social cues (something he eludes to).