Promotions on the government and contractor sides are about appearances, not accomplishment. Strong technical people tend to like focus versus meetings and the

Promotions on the government and contractor sides are about appearances, not accomplishment. Strong technical people tend to like focus versus meetings and the ladder climb. Less visibility means less mobility. Giving an unpopular though factual technical analysis is career limiting. To rise means to manage people and budget. Higher the better. Kelly Johnson's 14th rule is never followed: "Because only a few people will be used in engineering and most other areas, ways must be provided to reward good performance by pay, not based on the number of personnel supervised." https://jalopnik.com/legendary-skunk-work-founder-kelly-johnsons-rules-of-ma-1708050659 https://jalopnik.com/legendary-skunk-work-founder-kelly-john...