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minus-squareunexpected@forum.guncadindex.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 day agoGovernment people get jobs by schmoozing and making deals, not by merit or skill. Pournelle’s Law always seems relevant.
minus-squareCorridor8031@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 hours agosounds like you are suggesting that in private companys jobs are distributed by merit and skills lol
minus-squareunexpected@forum.guncadindex.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoNo. But it does give more options to work around or not support those entities since they don’t have as much direct authority.
minus-squaresmh@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoOoh, ooh! I’m in that law! I’m in the (to paraphrase) “competent and devoted to the goal but unempowered” group!
Government people get jobs by schmoozing and making deals, not by merit or skill.
Pournelle’s Law always seems relevant.
sounds like you are suggesting that in private companys jobs are distributed by merit and skills lol
No.
But it does give more options to work around or not support those entities since they don’t have as much direct authority.
Ooh, ooh! I’m in that law! I’m in the (to paraphrase) “competent and devoted to the goal but unempowered” group!