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I doubt there are statistics on such things, so we'll have to deal in anecdotes, and I've had the total opposite experience (I make this comment so that any you

I doubt there are statistics on such things, so we'll have to deal in anecdotes, and I've had the total opposite experience (I make this comment so that any young people or academics aren't prematurely jaded). When a lot is at stake (e.g. high revenue, medicine, infrastructure, etc.), especially when a team has been burned by loud people, a person who says, "I don't know, but let's figure it out" (that's my job) is prized.

dionidium 8y ago
This is also my experience. I've heard the claims in this thread (i.e. that people who pretend to know things get ahead, while those who admit that they don't know stuff are never trusted) my entire life, but I've always thought, "who are these people talking about?" Whenever I've worked with a blowhard who couldn't admit when they didn't know something literally everybody smart thought of them as a blowhard who couldn't admit when they didn't know something.
- type0 8y ago
  > literally everybody smart ... Too bad this excludes so many managers, but really this is so much a company culture issue than anything. So to cite from the article: "very few companies are capable of making significant changes in their culture or business model, so it is good for companies eventually to go out of business, thereby opening space for better companies in the future."