One thing that I haven't seen mentioned yet here is the role of luck in life. I've worked with some people who have been laughably bad and yet have amazingly b

One thing that I haven't seen mentioned yet here is the role of luck in life. I've worked with some people who have been laughably bad and yet have amazingly been promoted as the senior boss while technically brilliant was a terrible judge of character. The 'laughably bad' guys job was so cushy he's still there 5 years later. I've seen other brilliant guys not be promoted when they worked hard and totally deserved it while an incompetent other person got the job instead. Luck is very under appreciated for how far people can go in corporations.