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minus-squareunexpected@forum.guncadindex.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-224 days agoGovernment people get jobs by schmoozing and making deals, not by merit or skill. Pournelle’s Law always seems relevant.
minus-squaresmh@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 days agoOoh, ooh! I’m in that law! I’m in the (to paraphrase) “competent and devoted to the goal but unempowered” group!
minus-squareCorridor8031@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 days agosounds like you are suggesting that in private companys jobs are distributed by merit and skills lol
minus-squareunexpected@forum.guncadindex.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoNo. But it does give more options to work around or not support those entities since they don’t have as much direct authority.
Government people get jobs by schmoozing and making deals, not by merit or skill.
Pournelle’s Law always seems relevant.
Ooh, ooh! I’m in that law! I’m in the (to paraphrase) “competent and devoted to the goal but unempowered” group!
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.