Warp wrote:

>   I have a theory: People with real talent (and experience) for programming
> are often very poor at politics and diplomacy, which is the reason why they
> seldom end up in high positions in a company. And vice-versa: People which
> are good at politics and diplomacy (read: good at speaking BS) are often
> not very talented nor experienced in programming.
> 
>   The typical "boss" is the latter type of person who, for some strange
> reason, thinks he is a talented programmer.

I agree. The current Director of IT is, IMHO, pretty rubbish with 
computers. But DAMN does he know exactly how to play the corporate 
politics game.

But hey, these people must get into management some how. ;-)

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