Yet in some companies, the CTO has the ear of the top executives. If some scheming non-technical career climber can get their way into the CTO's position, they

Yet in some companies, the CTO has the ear of the top executives. If some scheming non-technical career climber can get their way into the CTO's position, they can get to the top of the tree. A lot can be achieved by aligning themselves with successful projects and crapping on others at the start or just at the cusp point of success or failure.