I don’t want to dismiss anything you’ve said and am sorry you feel that way. Though I would say I worked at a company where I saw many people promoted into hig

I don’t want to dismiss anything you’ve said and am sorry you feel that way. Though I would say I worked at a company where I saw many people promoted into high paying and high responsibility jobs who I felt were not particularly deserving. Looking back I know that I tried to find reasons they could have deserved it or ways I did not or ways that they gamed the system. Resulting in me feeling quite bitter. Now I would say promotions are largely random. I’ve seen some very capable people shoot to the top, some forced out. I now simply refer to Alan watts for career advice: https://youtu.be/6Wwj6eNXgVo https://youtu.be/6Wwj6eNXgVo It’s a ladder, it’s ordered sometimes other it’s chaotic and makes no sense. Focus of yourself. Your knowledge. What you can learn, how you can improve. Compete with yourself. People tend to see this in the end. It is also better for your psyche.