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Some of what you say is true. But lately, it feels like one of the skills of management hires is simply being able to talk like you know how to do the job. An
by supernova87a 5y ago
Some of what you say is true. But lately, it feels like one of the skills of management hires is simply being able to talk like you know how to do the job.
And when they then get in the company, turns out they have no better idea / skills to change what we do than anyone internally. But they just got paid 3x to join and find that out.
But hey, maybe that's the game. And maybe the dumber companies are getting hoodwinked. Join the game I guess and make out like a bandit while the getting is good then.
- csallen 5y agoI see stories regularly of engineers who know very little, yet get hired and paid huge sums to fuck around for years and coast while staying under the radar. It happens at every level. It's turtles all the way down.