FTA: "What’s more, given an overall dearth of talent, in some cases unqualified developers will be put into positions of lead developer or CTO when they shouldn

FTA: "What’s more, given an overall dearth of talent, in some cases unqualified developers will be put into positions of lead developer or CTO when they shouldn’t be" How is this necessarily bad? I've read many a story on HN where a developer was placed in an adverse situation and excelled. I know I've stumbled my way to success on more than one occasion. Then from n=1 on, isn't being thrown into the fire an efficient path to growth (and necessary in a startup)? Just wondering what the general consensus is. I assumed that it was fine to "fake it 'till you make it" in startup-land.