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> I got promoted to being a manager of a small group just because there wasn't anyone else to do it and I am completely incompetent as a manager of people. I c
by usrusr 7y ago
> I got promoted to being a manager of a small group just because there wasn't anyone else to do it and I am completely incompetent as a manager of people.
I could also easily see someone in that situation, and fully aware of it, accept the promotion purely to avoid getting managed by whoever would be the next in line.
- lonelappde 7y agoYes, that's unsurprising. I've also been asked to take on work in engineering because it needed doing and no one better was available.