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Did you ever have a bad manager or a hierarchy of bad managers before where the most inept kept getting promoted, utilizing bad metrics and estimates? What make
by bitL 4y ago
Did you ever have a bad manager or a hierarchy of bad managers before where the most inept kept getting promoted, utilizing bad metrics and estimates? What makes you think the same situation can't happen at the highest command?
- neuronic 4y agoNothing but I don't believe in the Peter principle anymore after reading about its cousin, the Gervais principle. https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...
- pmoriarty 4y agoThis is a great article that really deserves an HN post of its own. Thanks for linking to it.
- metadat 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33298158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33298158
- bitL 4y agoGervais implies that intelligent mass-murderers were always at the top and the only way society functions is by having a clueless buffer that shields the population from this knowledge. Not very optimistic either.