> People on hacker news are extremely naive at career management. This is all the worst advice I have ever seen in my life. Agreed. It's obvious that the boss

> People on hacker news are extremely naive at career management. This is all the worst advice I have ever seen in my life. Agreed. It's obvious that the boss doesn't want to work and is just dragging OP along. The OP already said they One of the ways of minimizing harm in this scenario is by keeping your mouth shut and doing your job well enough so you don't get fired. Don't be emotionally invested in you work. Just put in your hours and get out. If you want to learn something, learn it in your free time. Going above your boss for an issue like this is very risky. Basically a 'he said she said' and if your boss has more social capital than you then your workplace becomes even worse. Does anybody actually think that what the boss is doing is a fireable offense? Because it's not. HR will most likely give them training or do nothing. >I have learned that peers are mostly competition. Don't agree on this. Everything else is pretty solid though. If you are trying to climb the social/corporate ladder then I can understand how you might view them as such but as an individual contributor its really a non issue.