In any tech work environment, per my observation, you have mainly two teams: - The technical folks: those are usually the engineers but not necessarily, those

In any tech work environment, per my observation, you have mainly two teams: - The technical folks: those are usually the engineers but not necessarily, those dedicate their time (heck, their lives) in mastering the skills they do, as a result, they lack the political skills to engage and avoid other work politics. - The non-technical folks: Usually of biz backgrounds and usually mid-managers, they severely lack the technical side, and as a result, they often use work politics to make that up by manipulation, credit taking, etc. The first team, once they realize what the other team is doing, they either fight back by escalating (this is rare since it will add up to their stress of what they are already dealing with by building stuff), or switch jobs, which is the common one. The second team will keep doing it until they find the perfect candidate, the ones who do most of the job while being underpaid and “sharing” all credits. Which is why a lot of companies they barely produce anything productive and the real work usually get outsourced to contractors. I personally the first question I ask in any interview is how flat the management style.