For example, i recently learned how to properly use a can opener, and i’m pushing 30. PLEASE tell me i’m not alone in having these weird knowledge gaps. what’s yours?
For example, i recently learned how to properly use a can opener, and i’m pushing 30. PLEASE tell me i’m not alone in having these weird knowledge gaps. what’s yours?
How do people who are grotesquely underqualified and constitutionally incapable of performing well, end up with great jobs?
This isn’t everyone but it’s partially the Peter principal… Basically people get promoted till they are incompetent.
Let’s say you run a manufacturing plant. You have a team of 10 people but 1 is far better. They are quicker and cause less mistakes so you decide to promote them to team lead.
They are a good team lead. They share knowledge and help out in between so you promote them supervisor.
They are a decent supervisor, monitoring the workers, good communication etc. You promote them to manager.
They suck as a manager. Can’t keep track of inventory, quality is slipping, quantity produced per day is dropping. You can’t really demote them that’s not really a thing in most companies. You can either stick with a crappy manager or fire them. Either way you lost your best operator. To make it worse they have “manager” on their resume now so a lot more likely to get another manager position at a different company where they will also suck.