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Re:Problems plagued U.S. Navy destroyer Fitzgerald before fa... by whatshisface on Friday January 18, 2019 @07:52AM (#18938937)
The trouble with that advice is that people on the receiving end of smooth talking don't think, "this guy is smooth talking me so I should promote him," instead they feel a mysterious attraction and then promote the guy for a reason they can't really explain but can come up with a justification for.
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Re:Problems plagued U.S. Navy destroyer Fitzgerald before fa... by dba7dba on Monday January 21, 2019 @08:21PM (#18965200)
>>> they feel a mysterious attraction and then promote the guy for a reason they can't really explain but can come up with a justification for.

For a domain (tech industry) that is supposedly dominated by facts and numbers, there is a lot of promotion and hiring based on such mysterious feelings, not based on actual facts and numbers. Culture fit?

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