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[Uncle]

Stealth brag thread (without having anything to brag about).

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-lost-my-imposter-syndrome-the-more-tenured-i-became-in-corporate-america.759160/

Anyone could relate to this?

I remember being out of college, getting my first "big boy" job in tech. Being impressed by the directors and C-Levels. But as I progressed in my career, saw their decisions and decision making processes, the rose lost its bloom. Many of these people are pretty out of touch, stubborn, isolated, think they know everything, but have rather large deficits that no one informs on due to fear of losing their jobs.

Don't get me wrong, I've worked with a lot of smart people. And some competent executives, but it is not the true meritocracy that we've been sold, at least in the US.

I've also seen knew CEOs come in, kill company cultures, not understand the market, product, and steamroll in without any humility only to crash and burn.

Moreover, look at our politics lol. Fucking Donald Trump got elected to the top office and the man can't string a coherent sentence. And then look at his stooges. Not really impressive people either.

Notice how everything he has said it could be inferred outside of corpo America or browsing RE alone rather than he having a special insight as a insider.

everyone has that moment

you realize that practically everything is highly fallible people bumbling through things and hoping for the best

doesn't mean that there are no experts or no one you can trust but the ceiling for almost everything is a lot lower than you might be led to believe

reading up on a niche subject for an hour or two probably puts you in the top 20th percentile on earth, because most people don't even do that