[sage76]

This writing explained nearly everything I saw in the corporate world.

One thing I do disagree with is the promotion of enlightened underperformers. Those guys seemed to always end up leaving and starting their own companies.

[rbanffy]

> Those guys seemed to always end up leaving and starting their own companies

The “enlightened underperformer” path is high-risk/high-reward. Only a minority will be promoted up, and most will end up either doing a lateral move to another company or being promoted out.

[sulandor]

not necessarily a bad thing, since a well-connected and specialized startup may bring a lot more value to the company and the economy in gerneral