> I don't understand first sentence; but based on second sentence, my interpretation of your key point is that you may have excellent technical or functional sk

> I don't understand first sentence; but based on second sentence, my interpretation of your key point is that you may have excellent technical or functional skills, but if your personality / behaviour / look don't fit, people may still find way to get rid of you.: So if you get vocal (online) the security services get involved, its as simple as that, they will keep you busy, and so will other people, whether you like it or not, but not everyone gets to spot when the spooks are getting involved, which is partly their job ie to have deniability of their actions, but thats the way it is. 2nd point, spot on, correct. The rest of your post is what you have experienced but you dont mention office/team politics, that also plays a part, plus customers who despite all the training are fixated on something else and wont accept a superior solutions until perhaps years later. Some management are just as bad at conveying their needs as staff at the other end of the hierarchy. People dont always know what they want until its gone. You can get buried under communication, effective communication is generally better, but everyone is different. Everyone has a different opinion on the best approach.