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"people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another."

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[โ€“] The_v 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unless you are born rich. Then you get the top level jobs because of what school you went to and who you know. On average upper level executives are a random sampling of the population in ability.

So the top paid millionaires of a multinational company employing tens of thousands can be incompetent at every level.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The richer you are, the further up you start.