My incompetent manager got promoted because higher level people on the team left. It's a viable career strategy. It's hard to hire, so if you stick around you'

My incompetent manager got promoted because higher level people on the team left. It's a viable career strategy. It's hard to hire, so if you stick around you'll have more responsibility fall into your lap. The other thing I notice is that he's great at kissing butt. As an aside, my advice to people stuck under a crappy manager is to get out ASAP. You can even switch teams and be under the same skip manager.