The more a position is competitive and the more likelly it is a psychopath will have it. Think of it this way: to be a piano teacher, you have to be good at pi

The more a position is competitive and the more likelly it is a psychopath will have it. Think of it this way: to be a piano teacher, you have to be good at piano and good at competing with other teachers. The hard part is becoming good at piano. The fact that there are other piano teachers in the vincinity does not really prevent anyone to establish himself as a new one. So, it's not very competitive. To be the CTO of a fortune 500 though, you must be good at whatever skill is needed of a CTO but you also have to fight hard against all others candidates. So the position is very competitive. If you reach it, it's mostly because you are good at competing for a rare position; it is secondary whether you are technicaly better or not. Psychopaths, because they feel no shame and no remorse, are much better than average at competing.