How many times has a manager kept you out of a project that a much less competent person worked on instead of you? It bothers me a lot that very often people are not chosen based on their skills. I would like to know how he actually selects the team because it increasingly seems to be crucial that you are one of the manager’s favorites.
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Most publicly traded companies are not meritocracies. It's not just Cisco
Or you get to do most of the work while the teachers pet gets to sneak at the end right before the big product reveal.
Majority team skin color check.