> You need the 'getting ahead' skills to get to top levels in a large organization, right? The problem isn't attaining these skills; it's using them. Sure, I c

> You need the 'getting ahead' skills to get to top levels in a large organization, right? The problem isn't attaining these skills; it's using them. Sure, I can use people as a means to an end in all sorts of colorful fashions to climb the ladder, but could I go home and sleep at night? I've made that decision, and it's a firm "No." Climbing the corporate ladder doesn't seem to be so difficult, as long as you can rationalize the soul selling required to do so. Perhaps my point of view will change later in life, but right now one of the most important ideologies I maintain is that I should only be evaluated based on work I can directly represent, not credit derived from others.