It's interesting that you seem to be insulting your CEO, who managed to solve a customer problem with reasonable tech requirements for you and a grandiose upsold sales pitch. Seems like a win-win-win

If it happened like the OP described, they just got lucky, but it could have gone differently. A good (but less than honest) CEO would have colluded with the developer before talking to the customer, both agreeing to upsell an easily implemented feature. However, the mark of a PHB is that he/she will ask for random features while completely misjudging their feasibility -- sometimes you'll get lucky, sometimes you'll crash and burn horribly.

My new hobby is using "collusion" instead of "collaboration"

My rule of thumb is that if it's a plot to dishonestly deceive the customer, it's probably collusion. If instead it's an honest plan made with the understanding of the customer, it's a collaboration ;)

> grandiose upsold sales pitch

Yes, liars should be insulted.

PHB Effect?

Pointy haired boss. (From Dilbert)

this maybe? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29214487/

"PHB" means "Pointy-Haired Boss": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointy-haired_Boss

The relevant bit:

> He is notable for his micromanagement, gross incompetence, obliviousness to his surroundings, and unhelpful buzzword usage; yet somehow retains power in the workplace.

Certainly not. But the results they list are interesting - my gut tells me they wouldn’t be reproducible.

Can’t seem to find the full text though, pretty messed up that my tax dollars go to finance academia that I can’t even consume.