> Adults demand stacks of money to build a tower to reach the carrot. Such "adults" also check out whenever there's a problem they can't immediately see how to

> Adults demand stacks of money to build a tower to reach the carrot. Such "adults" also check out whenever there's a problem they can't immediately see how to solve. They lack curiosity and creativity and are definitely NOT interested in mentoring juniors and activities like onboarding. On the other hand, these folks ARE good at stuff like project management, ERP's, working with vendors like Oracle and SAP. To be fair, everything I just wrote is merely a crass characterization-- just like everything you wrote. You really need both kinds of people to make an organization run smoothly. You need people who enjoy the nose-to-the-grindstone stuff and you need people that are dreamers.