There's also the perhaps more-cynical Dilbert principle: > In many cases the least competent, least smart people are promoted, simply because they’re the ones

There's also the perhaps more-cynical Dilbert principle: > In many cases the least competent, least smart people are promoted, simply because they’re the ones you don't want doing actual work. You want them ordering the doughnuts and yelling at people for not doing their assignments—you know, the easy work. Your heart surgeons and your computer programmers—your smart people—aren’t in management. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert_principle