scott wrote:

> Hehe yeh, but it's not like every company where things Just Work write 
> to the WTF and say "hey, here's one more company that's running fine 
> thanks". The boss of my department has a PhD and numerous papers 
> published on the exact subject we work on, and is usually involved 
> directly in some of the more important customer projects as the expert.

Oh thank God - you mean there *are* companies that work properly? I 
truly hope to end up working for one. Preferably soon!

> People don't just "end up in management", they either are promoted or 
> recruited.  I presume the sort of people you talk about are directly 
> recruited, so I guess that's a failing in the recruitment process if 
> they're not very good.

My thoughts precisely.

If the people doing recruitment don't know anything about computers, how 
the hell are they supposed to hire good people?

OTOH, some get there through promotion [or being the person who 
originally founded the company]. These people are typically rubbish with 
computers, but excellent at politics...

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