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wlievens on Dec 3, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Promotion Problem

This seems to be a specific instance of the Peter Princple. It's typically concieved as a joke, but probably often inevitable in a linear carreer path.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

pmichaud on Dec 4, 2009 [–]

The Peter Principle is darkly amusing, but it's not joke. I wish it were.

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