Competence is as much state as fitness is, i.e. people loose it if their job does not allow them to be competent and they are unable to switch. I have seen rea

Competence is as much state as fitness is, i.e. people loose it if their job does not allow them to be competent and they are unable to switch. I have seen really competent people become incompetent overtime in soul crushing paper pushing jobs. You work long enough in a such job, you become the exact kind of person you despised when you started. It is especially acute in governmental jobs which have lesser scope for role changes etc.