There are politics in technology like every field, but... It's a field where things work, or things don't. And very hard problems get solved, or they don't.

There are politics in technology like every field, but... It's a field where things work, or things don't. And very hard problems get solved, or they don't. In Marketing, there's always a way to spin a result. In HR, the results can be too long in the future to hold someone accountable. Sales is perhaps the only other that comes close in being a meritocracy. There too the pedigree doesn't matter as much.