"someone described the path to career success as "Jumping into a lake, creating as big a splash as possible, and getting out of the lake before the water comes

"someone described the path to career success as "Jumping into a lake, creating as big a splash as possible, and getting out of the lake before the water comes down."" In the UK, I've overheard the term "Seagull Management" used; "Fly in, shit everywhere, fly off".